Influence of intraband motion on the interband excitation and high harmonic generation

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ab3446

Abstract

Tunnelling, acceleration, and collision of electrons are the basic events in the process of high harmonic generation (HHG) in strong-field interaction with atoms. However, the periodic array of atoms in semiconductor structure makes three steps become interatomic coherent process which leads to complicated carrier dynamics and two sources of high harmonic emission:interband polarization and intraband current. The difference of features of high harmonic generation between semiconductors and atoms is strongly linked to the unique presence of intraband motion which manifests itself a nontrivial role in intertwined two dynamics. Here, we review recent experimental and theoretical advances of understanding coupled interband and intraband mechanisms of HHG in semiconductors. Particularly we focus on the influence of intraband motion on the interband excitation, and on the subsequent HHG emission and attosecond pulse generation.

Keywords: high harmonic generation interband polarization intraband current attosecond pulse generation

Received: 20 May 2019
Revised: 18 June 2019
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PACS:	42.65.Ky	(Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation)
	42.65.Re	(Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression)
	72.20.Ht	(High-field and nonlinear effects)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11674209 and 11774215), the High Level University Projects of Guangdong Province of China (Mathematics, Shantou University), and the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics (SIOM), China. WFY and XHS acknowledge support of the Department of Education of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 2018KCXTD011).

Corresponding Authors: Wei-Feng Yang
E-mail: wfyang@stu.edu.cn

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Rui-Xin Zuo(左瑞欣), Xiao-Hong Song(宋晓红), Xi-Wang Liu(刘希望), Shi-Dong Yang(杨士栋), Wei-Feng Yang(杨玮枫) Influence of intraband motion on the interband excitation and high harmonic generation 2019 Chin. Phys. B 28 094208

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