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We theoretically investigated the dependence of higher-order harmonic generation (HHG) in solid-state materials on the ellipticity of the electric field. We found that in the multiphoton absorption and ac Zener regimes, the intensity of HHG…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-12-28 T. Tamaya , A. Ishikawa , T. Ogawa , K. Tanaka

Here, we study the possibility of selective high-harmonic generation (HHG) based on the concept of charge transfer plasmons (CTP) in bridged nanoparticle assemblies. By choosing plasmonic dimer nanoantenna, as a fundamental member of…

Optics · Physics 2018-01-16 Burak Gerislioglu , Arash Ahmadivand , Nezih Pala

Controlling the bandstructure of Dirac materials is of wide interest in current research but has remained an outstanding challenge for systems such as monolayer graphene. In contrast, Bernal bilayer graphene (BLG) offers a highly flexible…

Twisted moir\'e Dirac systems enable powerful miniband engineering but are largely fixed once the twist angle is set, whereas unidirectional (1D) electrostatic superlattices offer continuous control of Dirac anisotropy; yet robust…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Hanzhou Tan , Pilkyung Moon

We theoretically study multielectron effects in high-harmonic generation (HHG), using all-electron first-principles simulations for a one-dimensional (1D) model atom. In addition to usual plateau and cutoff (from a cation in the present…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Iliya Tikhomirov , Takeshi Sato , Kenichi L. Ishikawa

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

Photonic moir\'e superlattice as an emerging platform of flatbands can tightly confine the light inside the cavity and has important applications not only in linear optics but also in nonlinear optics. In this paper, we numerically…

Optics · Physics 2023-05-09 Tingyin Ning , Yingying Ren , Yanyan Huo , Yangjian Cai

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…

A hybrid structure combining the advantages of topological insulator (TI), dielectric ferromagnet (FM), and graphene is investigated to realize the electrically controlled correlation between electronic and magnetic subsystems for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-11 Xiaopeng Duan , Yuriy G. Semenov , Ki Wook Kim

Silicene, an analogue of graphene, was so far predicted to be the only two-dimensional silicon (2D-Si) with massless Dirac fermions. Here we predict a brand new 2D-Si Dirac semimetal, which we name siliconeet [silik'ni:t]. Unexpectedly, it…

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) have shown promise for various applications in optoelectronics and so-called valleytronics. Their operation and performance strongly depend on the stacking of individual layers. Here,…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-28 J. E. Zimmermann , B. Li , J. Hone , U. Höfer , G. Mette

In this work, the nonlinear optical response, and in particular, the high harmonic generation of semiconductors is addressed by using the Wannier gauge. One of the main problems in the time evolution of the Semiconductor Bloch equations…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-20 R. E. F. Silva , F. Martín , M. Ivanov

High-harmonic generation (HHG) in solids has rapidly emerged as a promising platform for creating compact attosecond sources and probing ultrafast electron dynamics. Resonant metasurfaces are essential for enhancement of the otherwise small…

We theoretically investigate high-harmonic generation (HHG) in honeycomb-lattice graphene models when subjected to a DC electric field. By integrating the quantum master equation with the Boltzmann equation, we develop a numerical method to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-16 Minoru Kanega , Masahiro Sato

Condensed matter systems in low dimensions exhibit emergent physics that does not exist in three dimensions. When electrons are confined to one dimension (1D), some significant electronic states appear, such as charge density wave,…

The exciting discovery of bi-dimensional systems in condensed matter physics has triggered the search of their photonic analogues. In this letter, we describe a general scheme to reproduce some of the systems ruled by a tight-binding…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Simon Yves , Thomas Berthelot , Mathias Fink , Geoffroy Lerosey , Fabrice Lemoult

High harmonic generation (HHG) in solids has emerged as a powerful spectroscopic method for resolving ultrafast electron dynamics and band structure properties across a wide range of materials. However, quantitative HHG studies require…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-16 S. Mandal , P. Kumar , Z. Pi , H. Y. Kim , M. Zhan , E. Goulielmakis

Since the discovery of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in solids, much effort has been devoted to understanding its generation mechanism and both interband and intraband transitions are known to be essential. However, intraband…

Integrating 2D materials onto on-chip photonic devices holds significant potential for nonlinear frequency conversion across various applications. The lack of inversion symmetry in monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs),…

Single layers of hexagonal two-dimensional nanostructures such as graphene, silicene, and germanene exhibit large carrier Fermi velocities and, consequently, large light-matter coupling strength making these materials promising elements for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-21 H. K. Avetissian , G. F. Mkrtchian , K. G. Batrakov , S. A. Maksimenko