Related papers: Quantum engineering of high harmonic generation
Accelerating and colliding particles has been a key strategy to explore the texture of matter. Strong lightwaves can control and recollide electronic wavepackets, generating high-harmonic (HH) radiation which encodes the structure and…
We propose a novel picture of high-harmonic generation (HHG) in solids based on the concept of temporally changing band structures. To demonstrate the utility of this picture, we focus on the high-order sideband generation (HSG) caused by…
We consider several aspects of high-order harmonic generation in solids: the effects of elastic and inelastic scattering; varying pulse characteristics; and inclusion of material-specific parameters through a realistic band structure. We…
We consider a quantum mechanical model for the high-order harmonic generation in bulk solids. The bandgap is assumed to be considerably larger than the exciting photon energy. Using dipole approximation, the dynamical equations for…
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…
Using real-space view of high harmonic generation (HHG) in solids, we develop a physically transparent and gauge-invariant approach for distinguishing intraband and interband HHG mechanisms. Our approach relies on resolving the harmonic…
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…
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…
Controlling and generating ultrafast free-electron wavepackets via laser is pivotal for photon-induced near-field electron microscopes (PINEM) and also for developing compact, coherent free-electron radiation sources. Here, we present a…
High-harmonic generation (HHG) is a highly nonlinear optical process that typically requires an intense laser to trigger emissions at integer multiples of the driving field frequency. However, the strong fields required for conventional HHG…
We study intraband high-harmonic generation (HHG) in a crystal driven by quantum light. Previous theoretical studies have developed a framework based on coherent state expansions in terms of P distributions to consider nonclassical driving…
High-order harmonic generation (HHG) in isolated atoms and molecules has been widely utilized in extreme ultraviolet (XUV) photonics and attosecond pulse metrology. Recently, HHG has also been observed in solids, which could lead to…
We studied the multi-plateau high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from solids numerically. It is found that the HHG spectrum in the second or higher plateau is redshifted in short laser pulses due to the nonadiabatic effect. The…
A theoretical model for high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in bulk solids is considered. Our approach treats laser-induced inter- and intraband currents on an equal footing. The sum of these currents is the source of the high-order…
The atomic response to an ultra-intense driving field produces a characteristic high-harmonic spectrum featuring a rapid drop in intensity for the lower harmonics, followed by a plateau and a sharp cutoff. This response vanishes for…
The spectra produced by high-harmonic generation (HHG) typically exhibit well-defined peaks at odd integers times the laser frequency. However, in recent investigations of HHG from correlated materials, spectra exhibit signals at noninteger…
An analytic description of high harmonic generation (HHG) in solids induced by intense low-frequency pulses is presented within an adiabatic approach, which treats laser-matter interactions nonperturbatively. We derive the analytical…
Fully quantum treatment explicitly presents the high harmonic generation as a three-step process: (i) above threshold ionization (ATI) is followed by (ii) electron propagation in a laser-dressed continuum. Subsequently (iii) stimulated (or…
We present a quantum optical generalization of the quantum-matter Lewenstein model of high-harmonic generation (HHG) in gases that contains two channels corresponding to the inter- and intraband HHG in solids. Both channels can be presented…
There is mounting theoretical evidence that black hole horizons induce decoherence on a quantum system, say a particle, put in a superposition of locations, with the decoherence functional, evaluated after closure of the superposition,…