High harmonic generation in condensed matter

E Goulielmakis, T Brabec - Nature Photonics, 2022 - nature.com
When solids are exposed to intense laser fields whose forces are comparable to the binding
forces of valence electrons in crystals, nonlinear optics of solids advances to the …

Emerging ultrafast techniques for studying quantum materials

A Zong, BR Nebgen, SC Lin, JA Spies… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In quantum materials, emergent functional properties resulting from strong correlations or
electronic topology offer opportunities for new applications. Over the past decade, ultrafast …

Lightwave electronics in condensed matter

M Borsch, M Meierhofer, R Huber, M Kira - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Key properties of quantum materials stem from dynamic interaction chains that connect
stable electronic quasiparticles through short-lived coherences, which are difficult to control …

Probing topological phase transitions using high-harmonic generation

C Heide, Y Kobayashi, DR Baykusheva, D Jain… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The prediction and realization of topological insulators have sparked great interest in
experimental approaches to the classification of materials,–. The phase transition between …

Build-up and dephasing of Floquet–Bloch bands on subcycle timescales

S Ito, M Schüler, M Meierhofer, S Schlauderer… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Strong light fields have created opportunities to tailor novel functionalities of solids,,,–.
Floquet–Bloch states can form under periodic driving of electrons and enable exotic …

Introduction to theory of high-harmonic generation in solids: tutorial

L Yue, MB Gaarde - JOSA B, 2022 - opg.optica.org
High-harmonic generation (HHG) in solids has emerged in recent years as a rapidly
expanding and interdisciplinary field, attracting attention from both the condensed-matter …

All-optical probe of three-dimensional topological insulators based on high-harmonic generation by circularly polarized laser fields

D Baykusheva, A Chacón, J Lu, TP Bailey… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report the observation of an anomalous nonlinear optical response of the prototypical
three-dimensional topological insulator bismuth selenide through the process of high-order …

High-harmonic generation from a subwavelength dielectric resonator

A Zalogina, L Carletti, A Rudenko, JV Moloney… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Higher-order optical harmonics entered the realm of nanostructured solids being observed
recently in optical gratings and metasurfaces with a subwavelength thickness. Structuring …

Are There Universal Signatures of Topological Phases in High-Harmonic Generation? Probably Not.

O Neufeld, N Tancogne-Dejean, H Hübener… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
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 …

Gate-tunable quantum pathways of high harmonic generation in graphene

S Cha, M Kim, Y Kim, S Choi, S Kang, H Kim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Under strong laser fields, electrons in solids radiate high-harmonic fields by travelling
through quantum pathways in Bloch bands in the sub-laser-cycle timescales. Understanding …