Related papers: Continuous third harmonic generation in a terahert…
Supercontinuum generation by femtosecond filaments in air is investigated for different laser wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet to infrared. Particular attention is paid on the role of third-harmonic generation and temporal steepening…
Resonances in the photo-absorption spectrum of the generating medium can modify the spectrum of high order harmonics. In particular, window-type Fano resonances can reduce photo-absorption within a narrow spectral region and, consequently,…
Recent years have witnessed significant developments in the study of nonlinear properties of various optical materials at the nanoscale. However, in most cases experimental results on harmonic generation from nanostructured materials are…
We investigate high-harmonic generation in closed systems, using the two-level atom as a simplified model. By means of a windowed Fourier transform of the time-dependent dipole acceleration, we extract the main contributions to this process…
We demonstrate terahertz (THz) harmonic generation across the Mott insulator-metal transition in rare-earth nickelates (RNiO$_3$, R = rare-earth atom). The THz harmonic generation is observed in all the three different phases with distinct…
We present a combined theoretical approach to study the nonequilibrium transport properties of nanoscale systems coupled to metallic electrodes and exhibiting strong electron-phonon interactions. We use the Keldysh Green function formalism…
We study the statistical properties of charge and energy transport in electron conducting junctions with electron-phonon interactions, specifically, the thermoelectric efficiency and its fluctuations. The system comprises donor and acceptor…
We investigate the dynamics of a phonon-mediated superconductor driven out of equilibrium. The electronic hopping amplitude is ramped down in time, resulting in an increased electronic density of states. The dynamics of the coupled…
High harmonic generation (HHG) from semiconductors and insulators has become a very active area of research due to its great potential for developing compact HHG devices. Here we show that by growing monolayers (ML) of insulators on…
Using a high-frequency field superposed to a linearly polarized bichromatic laser field composed by a wave with frequency $\omega $ and a wave with frequency $2\omega $, we show it is possible to enhance the intensity of a group of high…
We proposed a mechanism to generate giant anisotropic second harmonic nonlinear response via double resonance effect, achieved through band nesting via electronic bandstructure engineering. The ideal band setup would be a triplet of nested…
In this review, we compare different descriptions of photon-number statistics in harmonic generation processes within quantum, classical and semiclassical approaches. First, we study the exact quantum evolution of the harmonic generation by…
Using the microscopic nonlinear quantum theory of interaction of strong coherent electromagnetic radiation with a gapped bilayer graphene is developed for high harmonic generation at low-energy photon excitation-induced Lifshitz…
High-performance multimode/multiwavelength (de)multiplexer is one of the most pivotal photonic devices for advanced on-chip interconnect systems. Traditional on-chip photonic (de)multiplexing requires large device footprint for maintaining…
We report on a direct generation of efficient and wavelength-tunable third-harmonic generation (THG) from ultrapure electronic-grade (EG) diamond crystals. Under an ultrafast infrared excitation at 1280 nm, the considerably high optical…
Recent measurements of the conductivity of nanoperforated graphene are interpreted in terms of edges states existing near the edge of each nanohole. The perimetric quantization of edge states should result in the formation of a…
Second-order nonlinear optical processes do not manifest in the bulk of centrosymmetric materials, but may occur in the angstroms-thick layer at surfaces. At such length-scales, quantum mechanical effects come into play which could be…
We study the statistics of charge transport in a chaotic cavity attached to external reservoirs by two openings of different size which transmit non-equal number of quantum channels. An exact formula for the cumulant generating function has…
III-V tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs) offer great potentials in future low-power electronics application due to their steep subthreshold slope and large "on" current. Their 3D quantum transport study using non-equilibrium Green's…
We derive the expressions of photon energy and particle currents inside an open nanosystem interacting with light using non-equilibrium Green's functions. The model allows different temperatures for the electron reservoirs, which basically…