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Topological metamaterials promise unprecedented wave control. Here, we theoretically and numerically investigate a one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) inspired stiffness dimer modified with a local resonator, which imparts a…

We consider the interaction of gapped graphene in the two-band approximation using an explicit time-dependent approach. In addition to the full high-order harmonic generation (HHG) spectrum, we also obtain the perturbative harmonic response…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-02-01 Darko Dimitrovski , Lars Bojer Madsen , Thomas Garm Pedersen

We study the role of transition rule in high-order harmonic generation from solids driven by linearly polarized laser elds. The orientation-dependent transition dipoles can regulate the emergence of the multi-plateau structure. In the…

Optics · Physics 2019-03-07 Tao-Yuan Du , Si-Jing Ding

We investigate the effect on high-order harmonic generation of the distortion of molecular orbitals by the driving laser field. Calculations for high-order harmonic generation including orbital distortion are performed for N2. Our results…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Maciej Dominik Śpiewanowski , Adam Etches , Lars Bojer Madsen

We present a theoretical investigation into the two-center interference in aligned H$_2^+$. The influence of the laser field on the recombination step is investigated by comparing laser-induced harmonic generation with harmonic generation…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Elmar V. van der Zwan , Manfred Lein

We consider methods for optimizing the bandgap calculation of 3D materials, considering 340 sample materials. Examined are the effects of the choice of the pseudopotential to describe core electrons, the plane-wave basis set cutoff energy,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-11-14 Chenxi Lu , Musen Li , Michael J. Ford , Rika Kobayashi , Roger Amos , Jeffrey R. Reimers

The present work discusses the impact of vacancy defects in solid high-order harmonic generation. The total energy cutoff of the high-order harmonic spectrum increases as a function of concentration of vacancy defects, and the total…

Optics · Physics 2020-01-10 Adhip Pattanayak , Mrudul M. S. , Gopal Dixit

High-harmonic generation (HHG) in crystalline solids have been examined so far on the basis of one-body energy-band structures arising from electron itineracy in a periodic potential. Here, we show emergence of HHG signals which are…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-04-22 Shohei Imai , Atsushi Ono , Sumio Ishihara

We investigate an interesting interplay of destructive interference due to lattice geometry and band folding due to enlargement of the Brillouin zone in generating and subsequently modifying the band topology in a twisted bilayer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Gourab Paul , Srijata Lahiri , Kuntal Bhattacharyya , Saurabh Basu

We propose a novel amplification mechanism for high harmonic generation (HHG) in solids by leveraging bandgap engineering with momentum k-gaps. By constructing a simple diatomic lattice featuring balanced, alternating gain and loss…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-28 Yiming Pan , Danni Chen , Xiaoxi Xu , Zhaopin Chen , Huaiqiang Wang

The generation of high harmonics is a strongly nonlinear effect that allows to probe properties of the target and to study electron dynamics in matter. It has been investigated in many different kinds of targets, including molecular gases,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Lina Bielke , Samuel Schöpa , Falk-Erik Wiechmann , Franziska Fennel , Dieter Bauer

Based on the multiband semiconductor Bloch equations a microscopic approach to high-harmonic generation in crystalline solids which is able to properly describe degenerate bands and band crossings is presented and analyzed. It is well-known…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-10 Le Huu Thong , Cong Ngo , Huynh Thanh Duc , Xiaohong Song , Torsten Meier

Interferometry is a fundamental technique in physics, enabling precise measurements through the interference of waves. High-harmonic generation (HHG) in solids has emerged as a powerful method for probing ultrafast electronic dynamics…

We present calculation of photoexcitation and high-harmonic generation in bulk diamond induced by intense near-infrared laser pulse of photon energy 1.55 eV, time duration of 15 fs and peak field strength $F=$ 0.4 V/{\AA}. Depending on the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-10-31 T. Apostolova , B. Obreshkov

The interaction of intense mid-infrared laser fields with atoms and molecules leads to a range of new opportunities, from the production of bright, coherent radiation in the soft x-ray range to imaging molecular structures and dynamics with…

We study numerically the Bloch electron wavepacket dynamics in periodic potentials to simulate laser-solid interactions. We introduce a new perspective in the coordinate space combined with the motion of the Bloch electron wavepackets…

Optics · Physics 2018-01-12 Tao-Yuan Du , Xiao-Huan Huang , Xue-Bin Bian

Plasma high harmonics generation from an extremely intense short-pulse laser is explored by including the effects of ion motion, electron-ion collisions and radiation reaction force in the plasma dynamics. The laser radiation pressure…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-05-17 Suo Tang , Naveen Kumar , Christoph H. Keitel

Effects of short-range electronic interactions in a three-dimensional line-node semimetal that supports linearly dispersing quasiparticles around an isolated loop in the Brillouin zone are discussed. Due to vanishing density of states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Bitan Roy

Intense light-matter interactions have revolutionized our ability to probe and manipulate quantum systems at sub-femtosecond time scales, opening routes to all-optical control of electronic currents in solids at petahertz rates. Such…

We investigate the dependence of the intensity of radiation due to high-harmonic generation (HHG) as a function of the wavelength of the fundamental driver field. Superimposed on a smooth power-law dependence observed previously we find…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Schiessl , K. L. Ishikawa , E. Persson , J. Burgdörfer