Solid-like high harmonic generation from rotationally periodic systems

分类： 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间： 2023-02-19

Yigeng Peng Tong Wu Guanglu Yuan Lihan Chi Chao Yu Ruifeng Lu

摘要： High harmonic generation (HHG) from crystals in strong laser fields has been understood by the band theory of solid, which is based on the periodic boundary condition (PBC) of translational invariant. For systems having PBC of rotational invariant, in principles an analogous Bloch theorem can be developed and applied. Taking a ring-type cluster of cyclo[18]carbon as a representative, we theoretically suggest a quasi-band model and study its HHG by solving time-dependent Liouville-von Neumann equation. Under the irradiation of circularly polarized laser, explicit selection rules for left-handed and right-handed harmonics are observed, while in linearly polarized laser field, cyclo[18]carbon exhibits solid-like HHG originated from intra-band oscillations and inter-band transitions, which in turn is promising to optically detect the symmetry and geometry of controversial structures. In a sense, this work presents a connection linking the high harmonics of gases and solids.

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