Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 12, 123202(2021)

Wave mixing and high-harmonic generation enhancement by a two-color field driven dielectric metasurface [Invited] EIC Choice Award

Weifeng Yang1,2,3、*, Yichong Lin2, Xueyi Chen2, Yuxuan Xu2, Hongdan Zhang2,3, Marcelo Ciappina4,5, and Xiaohong Song1,2,3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
  • 2Research Center for Advanced Optics and Photoelectronics, Department of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
  • 3Institute of Mathematics, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
  • 4Physics Program, Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou 515063, China
  • 5Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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    Weifeng Yang, Yichong Lin, Xueyi Chen, Yuxuan Xu, Hongdan Zhang, Marcelo Ciappina, Xiaohong Song, "Wave mixing and high-harmonic generation enhancement by a two-color field driven dielectric metasurface [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 19, 123202 (2021)

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    Category: Ultrafast Optics and Attosecond/High-field Physics

    Received: Jul. 24, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 14, 2021

    Published Online: Oct. 18, 2021

    The Author Email: Weifeng Yang (weifeng_yang@yeah.net), Xiaohong Song (song_xiaohong@yeah.net)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.123202

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