Wannier-Bloch Approach to Localization in High-Harmonics Generation in Solids

Edyta N. Osika, Alexis Chacón, Lisa Ortmann, Noslen Suárez, J. A. Pérez-Hernández, B. Szafran, Marcelo F. Ciappina, Fernando Sols, Alexandra S. Landsman, Maciej Lewenstein

Physical Review X · 2017 · 127 citations · 40 references

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High harmonic generation can produce attosecond-long pulses of light, which are a useful probe of physical processes that require extremely high time resolution. A new mathematical analysis shows how electron delocalization contributes to this emission in a solid.

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