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Time-dependent Hartree-Fock study of electron-hole interaction effects on high-harmonic generation from periodic crystals

Optics 2018-08-22 v1 Materials Science Atomic Physics

Abstract

We investigate the multielectron effects on high-harmonic generation from solid-state materials using the time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory. We find qualitative change in harmonic spectra, in particular, multiple-plateau formation at significantly lower laser intensities than within the independent-electron approximation. We reveal its origin in terms of interband polarization, i.e, electron-hole polarization, enabling interband excitation at remote crystal momenta via Coulomb potential.

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@article{arxiv.1709.08153,
  title  = {Time-dependent Hartree-Fock study of electron-hole interaction effects on high-harmonic generation from periodic crystals},
  author = {Takuya Ikemachi and Yasushi Shinohara and Takeshi Sato and Junji Yumoto and Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami and Kenichi L. Ishikawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.08153},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages with 4 figures, plus 3 additional pages of supplementary material and 2 figures