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We theoretically study high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from solid-phase systems in spatially inhomogeneous strong laser fields originated by resonant plasmons within a metallic nanostructure. The intensity of the second plateau in HHG…

Optics · Physics 2016-09-12 Tao-Yuan Du , Zhong Guan , Xiao-Xin Zhou , Xue-Bin Bian

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

High-harmonic generation is a light up-conversion process occurring in a strong laser field, leading to coherent bursts of extreme ultrashort broadband radiation [1]. As a new perspective, we propose that ultrafast strong-field electronic…

We study high-order harmonic generation (HHG) resulting from the illumination of plasmonic nanostructures with a short laser pulse. We show that both the inhomogeneities of the local electric field and the confinement of the electron motion…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-04-27 M. F. Ciappina , Srdjan S. Acimovic , T. Shaaran , J. Biegert , R. Quidant , M. Lewenstein

High-harmonic generation (HHG) in solids has been touted as a way to probe ultrafast dynamics and crystal symmetries in condensed matter systems. Here, we investigate the polarization properties of high-order harmonics generated in…

High harmonic generation (HHG) is an extreme nonlinear process where intense pulses of light drive matter to emit high harmonics of the driving frequency, reaching the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) and x-ray spectral ranges. So far, the HHG…

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

Nonlinear optical phenomena are at the heart of various technological domains such as high-speed data transfer, optical logic applications, and emerging fields such as non-reciprocal optics and photonic time crystal design. However,…

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-14 M. Hohenleutner , F. Langer , O. Schubert , M. Knorr , U. Huttner , S. W. Koch , M. Kira , R. Huber

High harmonic generation (HHG) has developed in recent years as a promising tool for ultrafast materials spectroscopy. At the forefront of these advancements, several works proposed to use HHG as an all-optical probe for topology of quantum…

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.…

Topological materials are of interest to both fundamental science and advanced technologies, because topological states are robust with respect to perturbations and dissipation. Experimental detection of topological invariants is thus in…

One key parameter in the high-order harmonic generation (HHG) phenomenon is the exact frequency of the generated harmonic field. Its deviation from perfect harmonics of the laser frequency can be explained considering (i) the single-atom…

We study numerically the Bloch electron wave-packet dynamics in periodic potentials to simulate laser-solid interactions. We introduce a quasi-classical model in the \emph{k} space combined with the energy band structure to understand the…

Optics · Physics 2017-01-05 Tao-Yuan Du , Xue-Bin Bian

High-harmonic generation (HHG), which is generation of multiple optical harmonic light, is an unconventional nonlinear optical phenomenon beyond perturbation regime. HHG, which was initially observed in gaseous media, has recently been…

We present theoretical investigations of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) resulting from the interaction of noble gases with localized surface plasmons. These plasmonic fields are produced when a metal nanoparticle is subject to a…

Using time-dependent density functional theory, high-harmonic generation (HHG) is studied in one-dimensional structures of sizes from a single nucleus up to hundreds of nuclei. The HHG cutoff is observed to extent linearly with the system…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-04-27 Kenneth K. Hansen , Dieter Bauer , Lars Bojer Madsen

High-harmonic generation (HHG) is a typical high-order nonlinear optical phenomenon and can be used to probe electronic structures of solids. Here, we investigate the temperature dependence of HHG from Pr_{0.6}Ca_{0.4}MnO_{3} in the range…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-01-27 A. Nakano , K. Uchida , Y. Tomioka , M. Takaya , Y. Okimoto , K. Tanaka

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) is a fundamental process which can be simplified as the production of high energetic photons from a material subjected to a strong driving laser field. This highly nonlinear optical process contains rich…

Optics · Physics 2021-12-21 Dasol Kim , Yeon Lee , Alexis Chacón , Dong Eon Kim

Acting as a highly nonlinear response to the strong laser field, high harmonic generation (HHG) naturally contains the fingerprints of atomic and electronic properties of materials. Electronic properties of a solid such as band structure…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-04-20 Shi-Qi Hu , Hui Zhao , Xin-Bao Liu , Da-Qiang Chen , Sheng Meng