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 …

[HTML][HTML] Light control with Weyl semimetals

C Guo, VS Asadchy, B Zhao, S Fan - Elight, 2023 - Springer
Weyl semimetals are topological materials whose electron quasiparticles obey the Weyl
equation. They possess many unusual properties that may lead to new applications. This is …

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 …

Role of shift vector in high-harmonic generation from noncentrosymmetric topological insulators under strong laser fields

C Qian, C Yu, S Jiang, T Zhang, J Gao, S Shi, H Pi… - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
As a promising avenue to obtain a new extreme ultraviolet light source and detect electronic
properties, high-harmonic generation (HHG) has been actively developed in both theory and …

Optical control of high-harmonic generation at the atomic thickness

Y Wang, F Iyikanat, X Bai, X Hu, S Das, Y Dai… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
High-harmonic generation (HHG), an extreme nonlinear optical phenomenon beyond the
perturbation regime, is of great significance for various potential applications, such as high …

Angular Engineering Strategy for Enhanced Surface Nonlinear Frequency Conversion in Centrosymmetric Topological Semimetal HfGe0.92Te

Q Zhao, L Chen, F Liang, S Wang, G Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Surface nonlinear optics are essential for developments in integrated photonics and
micro/nano optoelectronics. However, the nonlinear optical conversion efficiency on a …

How massless are Weyl fermions in Weyl semimetals

A Bharti, M Ivanov, G Dixit - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Circularly polarized light fails to generate currents in inversion-symmetric Weyl semimetals
with degenerate Weyl nodes. While each node generates current with the direction …

[HTML][HTML] High-harmonic generation in CdTe with ultra-low pump intensity and high photon flux

Z Long, H Yang, K Tian, L He, R Qin, ZY Chen… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
An ultra-low pump intensity and high photon flux have been long pursuits of high harmonic
generation (HHG) in solids. However, there is lack of a criterion to identify a pristine solid …

Role of topological charges in the nonlinear optical response from Weyl semimetals

A Bharti, G Dixit - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The successful realization of the topological Weyl semimetals has revolutionized
contemporary physics. In recent years, multi-Weyl semimetals, a class of topological Weyl …

Characterizing anomalous high-harmonic generation in solids

L Yue, MB Gaarde - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Anomalous high-harmonic generation (HHG) arises in certain solids when irradiated by an
intense laser field, originating from a Berry-curvature-induced perpendicular anomalous …