Even-order high-harmonic generation from solids in velocity gauge

Jiayuan Cao; Na Li; Ya Bai; Peng Liu; Ruxin Li

doi:10.3788/COL202119.043201

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 4, 043201(2021)

Even-order high-harmonic generation from solids in velocity gauge Editors' Pick

Jiayuan Cao^1,2, Na Li¹, Ya Bai^1、*, Peng Liu^1,2、**, and Ruxin Li¹

¹State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-Intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Paper Information

Category: Ultrafast Optics and Attosecond/High-field Physics

Received: Aug. 20, 2020

Accepted: Oct. 19, 2020

Posted: Oct. 21, 2020

Published Online: Feb. 4, 2021

The Author Email: Ya Bai (pipbear@siom.ac.cn), Peng Liu (peng@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202119.043201

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