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We study high order harmonics generation (HHG) in crystalline silicon and diamond subjected to near and mid-infrared laser pulses. We employ time-dependent density functional theory and solve the time-dependent Kohn-Sham equation in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-31 David Freeman , Shunsuke Yamada , Atsushi Yamada , Kazuhiro Yabana , Anatoli Kheifets

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) in simultaneous intense near-infrared (NIR) laser light and brilliant x rays above an inner-shell absorption edge is examined. A tightly bound inner-shell electron is transferred into the continuum.…

Second-harmonic generation (SHG) is a direct measure of the strength of second-order nonlinear optical effects, which also include frequency mixing and parametric oscillations. Natural and artificial materials with broken…

Plasmon resonances are known to amplify the electromagnetic fields near metallic nanostructures. Therefore, they are considered to provide a promising scheme to generate extreme-ultraviolet harmonics, using low power drivings. During…

The emission of high-order harmonics from solids \cite{ghimire11a,schubert14a,luu15a,golde08a} under intense laser-pulse irradiation is revolutionizing our understanding of strong-field solid-light interactions…

Entangled photon pairs are a vital resource for quantum information, computation, and metrology. Although these states are routinely generated at optical frequencies, sources of quantum of light are notably lacking at extreme ultraviolet…

The strong-field process of high-harmonic generation (HHG) has, in recent years, been treated from a quantum optical perspective in the emerging research area of strong-field quantum optics. These investigations show that HHG radiation is,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-19 Christian Saugbjerg Lange , Lars Bojer Madsen

We present experimental results showing the appearance of a near-continuum in the high-order harmonic generation (HHG) spectra of atomic and molecular species as the driving laser intensity of an infrared pulse increases. Detailed…

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) is investigated theoretically in the over-the-barrier ionization (OBI) regime revealing the strong signature of interference between two separately ionized and separately propagating free wave packets of…

A calculation of the high-harmonic generation (HHG) in $\alpha$-quartz using the time-dependent density functional theory is reported. The inter-band process is attributed to the dominant in HHG above the band gap. The photon energy is set…

Optics · Physics 2017-01-04 T. Otobe

High-harmonic generation (HHG) is used as a source for various imaging applications in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range. It offers spatially coherent radiation and unique elemental contrast with the potential for attosecond time…

Efficient frequency conversion techniques are crucial to the development of plasmonic metasurfaces for information processing and signal modulation. In principle, nanoscale electric-field confinement in nonlinear materials enables higher…

Charge acceleration during an intense light field application to solids attracts much attention as elementary processes in high-harmonic generation and photoelectron emission [1-7]. For manipulating such attosecond dynamics of charge,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-22 Y. Kawakami , T. Amano , H. Ohashi , H. Itoh , Y. Nakamura , H. Kishida , T. Sasaki , G. Kawaguchi , H. M. Yamamoto , K. Yamamoto , S. Ishihara , K. Yonemitsu , S. Iwai

Successful phase-matching methods for Third Harmonics Generation (THG) include phase-matching in birefringent crystal and quasi-phase-matching (QPM) in crystal with periodically poled domains. However, these methods are not feasible in some…

Optics · Physics 2013-07-25 Tan Yizhou , Yang Yisheng , Liao Jiali , Zhang Ming

Recent advancements in the generation of mid-infrared and terahertz laser pulses have enabled us to observe strong-field driven non-perturbative high-harmonic generation (HHG) from semiconductors, dielectrics, and semimetals. HHG has added…

Optics · Physics 2022-03-22 M. S. Mrudul

Applying time-dependent local density approximation (TDLDA), we study the high-order harmonic generation (HHG) of ethylene subjected to the one-color ($\omega=2.72$ eV) and the two-color ($\omega_1=2.72$ eV and $\omega_2=5.44$ eV)…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2009-03-31 Z. P. Wang , P. M. Dinh , P. -G. Reinhard , E. Suraud , F. S. Zhang

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) in solids - the frequency up-conversion of an optical signal - is governed by symmetries. At terahertz (THz) frequencies, HHG is a key technology to access high frequency spectral windows that are…

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) provides a powerful optical tool for probing ultrafast dynamics on the attosecond timescale. While its mechanisms in gases and solids are well-established, understanding nonlinear optical responses in…

The field of attosecond physics has expanded significantly in recent years, yet experimental facilities supporting attosecond pump attosecond probe spectroscopy remain rare. Here, we present a newly constructed beamline for the generation…

High harmonic generation (HHG) is a highly nonlinear emission process in which systems driven by intense laser pulses emit integer multiples (harmonics) of the driving field. This feature is considered universal to all occurrences of HHG.…