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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…

A new High Harmonic Generation (HHG) scheme, which doesn't rely on Tunnel-Ionization as the ionization mechanism but rather on Single-Photon Ionization, is theoretically proposed and numerically demonstrated. The scheme uses two driver…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-12-29 Jonathan Berkheim , Eliyahu Bordo , Eldar Ragonis , Lev Merensky , Avner Fleischer

Strong-field high-harmonic generation (HHG) is conventionally described semiclassically, with the driving laser treated as a classical field. This approximation becomes insufficient in nanoscale interaction geometries, where extreme spatial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Tsendsuren Khurelbaatar , R. T. Sang , Igor Litvinyuk

High harmonic generation (HHG) opens a window on the fundamental science of strong-field light-mater interaction and serves as a key building block for attosecond optics and metrology. Resonantly enhanced HHG from hot spots in…

High harmonic generation (HHG) in crystals has revealed a wealth of perspectives such as all-optical mapping of the electronic band structure, ultrafast quantum information and the creation of novel all-solid-state attosecond sources.…

We demonstrate that high-harmonic generation (HHG) in solids dominantly originates from strongly localized surface states through non-perturbative processes. Measurements reveal that HHG from bulk states is suppressed by at least 1-2 orders…

Optics · Physics 2018-05-02 J. Seres , E. Seres , C. Serrat , T. Schumm

The strong-field induced generation of nonclassical states of light is not only a subject of fundamental research but also has potential usage in quantum information science and technology. The emerging field of strong-field quantum optics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-21 Christian Saugbjerg Lange , Thomas Hansen , Lars Bojer Madsen

Symmetry governs nonlinear interactions in condensed matter systems, particularly in high-harmonic generation (HHG), the interplay between the driving field and crystal symmetries dictate the properties of the emitted harmonics. A central…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-28 P. Stammer , J. Rivera-Dean , D. Kim , A. Chacón , W. Gao , C. Granados

The ongoing development of intense high-harmonic generation (HHG) sources has recently enabled highly nonlinear ionization of atoms by the absorption of at least 10 extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) photons within a single atom [Senfftleben…

Strong light-matter coupling within electromagnetic environments provides a promising path to modify and control chemical and physical processes. The origin of the enhancement of nonlinear optical processes such as second-harmonic and…

Optics · Physics 2022-03-03 Davis M. Welakuh , Prineha Narang

We present ab initio calculations using the $R$-matrix with time dependence (RMT) method for high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in argon in a short, intense pulse regime. The calculations employ a $6$-cycle $\sin^2$ pulse at $850$ nm with…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Aaron T. Bondy , Klaus Bartschat

Using dynamical Hartree-Fock mean-field theory, we study the high-harmonic generation (HHG) in the fullerene molecules C$_{60}$ and C$_{70}$ under strong pump wave driving. We consider a strong-field regime and show that the output harmonic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 H. K. Avetissian , A. G. Ghazaryan , G. F. Mkrtchian

High-harmonic generation (HHG), a typical nonlinear optical effect, has been actively studied in electron systems such as semiconductors and superconductors. As a natural extension, we theoretically study HHG from electric polarization,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-03-10 Tatsuhiko N. Ikeda , Masahiro Sato

Solids in an intense laser field show high-harmonic generation (HHG), which can provide information on carrier dynamics and band structures in weakly correlated systems. In strongly correlated systems, a laser field can induce a transition…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-04 Ryohei Ikeda , Yuta Murakami , Daiki Sakai , Tatsuya Miyamoto , Toshimitsu Ito , Hiroshi Okamoto

High-harmonic generation (HHG), the hallmark effect of attosecond science, is a nonperturbative nonlinear process leading to the emission of high-harmonic light from gases and solids. In gases, extreme driving laser pulse intensities can…

High harmonic generation (HHG) has become a multipurpose source of coherent XUV radiation used in various applications. One of the notable aspects of HHG is its wide spectrum consisting of many harmonic orders. This might represent a…

Photon channel perspective on high harmonic generation (HHG) is proposed by quantizing both the driving laser and high harmonics. It is shown that the HHG yield can be expressed as a sum of the contribution of all the photon channels. From…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-06-06 Liang Li , Pengfei Lan , Lixin He , Xiaosong Zhu , Jing Chen , Peixiang Lu

The solid-state harmonic generation (SSHG) derives from photocurrent coherence. The crystal symmetry, including point-group symmetry and time-reversal symmetry, constrains the amplitude and phase of the photocurrent, thus manipulates the…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-17 Chen Qian , Shicheng Jiang , Tong Wu , Hongming Weng , Chao Yu , Ruifeng Lu

High-order harmonic generation (HHG), characterized by its highly nonlinear nature, often exhibits a complex spatio-temporal profile that poses challenges for practical applications. In this study, we unveil a method for manipulating the…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-10 Qi Zeng , Yimin Deng , Xinyue Yang , Wei Cao , Peixiang Lu

The creation of light-matter hybrid states, polaritons, in a cavity offers new intriguing opportunities to manipulate the electronic structure and electron dynamics of atoms and molecules. Here, we investigate the effect of electronic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-30 Paul A. Albrecht , Eric W. Fischer , Tillmann Klamroth , Peter Saalfrank