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Electrons colliding with spatially fixed ions in strong laser fields are investigated by solving the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation. Considering first simple one-dimensional model systems, the mechanisms and energy spectra of fast…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 S. Bauch , M. Bonitz

High-harmonic generation is a sensitive all-optical probe of symmetry and electron dynamics in solids. Here, we use first-principles time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) to study high-harmonic generation in T$_d$-WTe$_2$, a…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-29 Elias Greil , Alba de las Heras , Angel Rubio , Anna Galler

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) in solids has emerged as a versatile platform for exploring ultrafast and quantum-coherent phenomena in condensed matter. Recent advances reveal Berry-phase and topological effects in harmonic emission,…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-20 Marcelo F. Ciappina

We theoretically study high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from solid-phase systems in spatially inhomogeneous strong laser fields originated by resonant plasmons within a metallic nanostructure. The intensity of the second plateau in HHG…

Optics · Physics 2016-09-12 Tao-Yuan Du , Zhong Guan , Xiao-Xin Zhou , Xue-Bin Bian

The generation of high-order harmonics in bulk solids subjected to intense ultrashort laser pulses has opened up new avenues for research in extreme nonlinear optics and light-matter interaction on sub-cycle timescales. Despite significant…

High-harmonic generation in solids by intense laser pulses provides a fascinating platform for studying material properties and ultra-fast electron dynamics, where its coherent character is a central aspect. Using the semiconductor Bloch…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-22 Wolfgang Hogger , Alexander Riedel , Debadrito Roy , Angelika Knothe , Cosimo Gorini , Juan-Diego Urbina , Klaus Richter

High-harmonic generation (HHG) is a coherent optical process in which the incident photon energy is up-converted to the multiples of its initial energy. In solids, under the influence of a strong laser field, electron-hole (e-h) pairs are…

We present theoretical investigations of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) resulting from the interaction of noble gases with localized surface plasmons. These plasmonic fields are produced when a metal nanoparticle is subject to a…

The transient picture for a Bloch electron accelerating in an arbitrarily time-dependent homogeneous electric field is developed. The temporal sequence for the analysis includes the instant after electron injection, followed by the time…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-02 G. J. Iafrate , V. N. Sokolov

We study the generation of terahertz radiation from atoms and molecules driven by an ultrashort fundamental laser and its second harmonic field by solving time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation (TDSE). The comparisons between one-, two-, and…

We present theoretical results on the high-harmonic generation (HHG) in bulk diamond induced by intense laser pulse of wavelength 800 nm and duration 15 fs. For laser intensity in the range $1 \le I \le 50 $ TW/cm$^2$ above bandgap…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-02-23 Tzveta Apostolova , Boyan Obreshkov

High-harmonic generation (HHG) spectrum from a LiH molecule induced by an intense laser pulse is computed and analyzed with potential energy surfaces for electron motion (ePES) constructed from a model of localized electron wave packets…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Koji Ando

We studied the multi-plateau high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from solids numerically. It is found that the HHG spectrum in the second or higher plateau is redshifted in short laser pulses due to the nonadiabatic effect. The…

Optics · Physics 2017-09-20 Guang-Rui Jia , Xue-Bin Bian

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) is investigated for H$_2^+$ and its isotopomers under seven- and ten-cycle trapezoidal laser pulses at 800 nm wavelength and $I$=4$\times 10^{14}$ W$/$cm$^2$ intensity. We solved numerically…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-03-03 H. Ahmadi , M. Vafaee , A. Maghari

The generation of harmonics by atoms or ions in a two-color, coplanar field configuration with commensurate frequencies is investigated through both, an analytical calculation based on the Lewenstein model and the numerical ab initio…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. Ceccherini , D. Bauer , F. Cornolti

High harmonic emissions from crystalline solids contain rich information on the dynamics of electrons driven by intense infrared laser fields and have been intensively studied owing to their potential use as a probe of microscopic…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-01 K. Uchida , K. Tanaka

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) results from strong-field laser matter interaction and it is one of the main processes that are used to extract electron structural and dynamical information about the atomic or molecular targets with…

Emission of high-order harmonics from solids provides a new avenue in attosecond science. On one hand, it allows to investigate fundamental processes of the non-linear response of electrons driven by a strong laser pulse in a periodic…

By theoretical derivation, we constructed an inhomogeneous coefficient equation to correctly describing harmonic radiation in solids induced by a spatially inhomogeneous field, where the widely used semiconductor Bloch equation fails. This…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-04 Xiaoxue Zhang , Shiyu Liu , Chengpu Liu

We theoretically investigate photo-excitation of electron-hole pairs and high harmonic generation in the bulk of zinc oxide (ZnO) subjected to intense femto-second laser pulses with mid-infrared wavelength. The main microscopic mechanism of…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-15 Boyan Obreshkov , Tzveta Apostolova