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We show how to optimize the process of high-harmonic generation (HHG) by gating the interaction using the field gradient of a driving pulse with a linear ramp waveform. Since maximized field gradients are efficiently generated by…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-11-12 S. B. P. Radnor , L. E. Chipperfield , P. Kinsler , G. H. C. New

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-order harmonic generation (HHG) is a powerful tool for probing electronic structure and ultrafast dynamics in matter. Traditionally studied in atomic and molecular gases, HHG has recently been extended to condensed matter, enabling…

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

Attosecond metrology sensitive to sub-optical-cycle electronic and structural dynamics is opening up new avenues for ultrafast spectroscopy of condensed matter. Using intense lightwaves to precisely control the extremely fast carrier…

We extend the semi-classical trajectory description for the high-order harmonic generation~(HHG) from solids by integrating the effect of electron-scattering. Comparing the extended semi-classical trajectory model with a one-dimensional…

Quasi-free field-driven electron trajectories are a key element of strong-field dynamics. Upon recollision with the parent ion, the energy transferred from the field to the electron may be released as attosecond duration XUV emission in the…

Strong field driven electric currents in condensed matter systems open new frontiers in petahertz electronics. In this regime new challenges arise as the role of the band structure and the quantum nature of electron-hole dynamics have yet…

High-harmonic generation (HHG) provides short-wavelength light that is useful for precision spectroscopy and probing ultrafast dynamics. We report efficient, phase-coherent harmonic generation up to 9th-order (333 nm) in chirped…

High harmonic generation (HHG) enables extreme ultraviolet radiation with table-top setups. Its exceptional properties, such as coherence and (sub)-femtosecond pulse durations, have led to a diversity of applications. Some of these require…

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) by hydrogenlike atoms/ions in the uniform periodic electric field, formed by the two linearly polarized counterpropagating laser beams of relativistic intensities, is studied. The relativistic quantum…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2011-06-14 H. K. Avetissian , A. G. Markossian , G. F. Mkrtchian

We present an experimental technique using orbital angular momentum (OAM) in a fundamental laser field to drive High Harmonic Generation (HHG). The mixing of beams with different OAM allows to generate two laser foci tightly spaced to study…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Jan Troßand Carlos A. Trallero-Herrero

High order harmonic (HOH) generation by interacting extremely intense electromagnetic waves in the quantum vacuum is investigated within the framework of the Heisenberg-Euler formalism. We consider here the process in the lowest order of a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Pavel Sasorov , Sergei Bulanov

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

Squeezing of optical fields, used as a powerful resource for many applications, and the radiation properties in the process of high harmonic generation have thus far been considered separately. In this Letter, we want to clarify that the…

Using numerical simulations, we show that atomic high order harmonic generation, HHG, with a circularly polarized laser field offers an ideal framework for quantum-classical correspondence in strong field physics. With an appropriate…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-02-06 Francois Mauger , A. D. Bandrauk , Adam Kamor , Turgay Uzer , Cristel Chandre

The order of high harmonics emitted by an atom in an intense laser field is limited by the so-called cutoff frequency. Solving the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation, we show that this frequency can be increased considerably by a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Carla Figueira de Morisson Faria , Jan-Michael Rost

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

High harmonic generation is a resource of extremely broad frequency combs of ultrashort light pulses. The non-classical nature of this new quantum source has been recently evidenced in semiconductors by showing that high harmonic generation…

We investigate high-order harmonic generation in a solid, modeled as a multi-level system dressed by a strong infrared laser field. We show that the cutoff energies and the relative strengths of the multiple plateaus that emerge in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 Mengxi Wu , Kenneth J. Schafer , Mette B. Gaarde