High-harmonic generation in amorphous solids

Yong Sing You; Yanchun Yin; Yi Wu; Andrew Chew; Xiaoming Ren; Fengjiang Zhuang; Shima Gholam-Mirzaei; Michael Chini; Zenghu Chang; Shambhu Ghimire

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00989-4

Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

High-harmonic generation in amorphous solids

Yong Sing You,
Yanchun Yin,
Yi Wu,
Andrew Chew,
Xiaoming Ren,
Fengjiang Zhuang,
Shima Gholam-Mirzaei,
Michael Chini,
Zenghu Chang,
Shambhu Ghimire

Affiliations

Yong Sing You: Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Yanchun Yin: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Yi Wu: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Andrew Chew: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Xiaoming Ren: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Fengjiang Zhuang: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Shima Gholam-Mirzaei: Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
Michael Chini: Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
Zenghu Chang: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Shambhu Ghimire: Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00989-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Although higher harmonic generation from solids has become of interest in many fields, its observation is typically limited to crystalline solids. Here, the authors demonstrate that higher harmonics can be generated from amorphous solids.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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