Generation of even and odd high harmonics in resonant metasurfaces using single and multiple ultra-intense laser pulses
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| author | Shcherbakov, Maxim R. Zhang, Haizhong Tripepi, Michael Sartorello, Giovanni Talisa, Noah AlShafey, Abdallah Fan, Zhiyuan Twardowski, Justin Krivitsky, Leonid A. Kuznetsov, Arseniy I. Chowdhury, Enam Shvets, Gennady |
| author_facet | Shcherbakov, Maxim R. Zhang, Haizhong Tripepi, Michael Sartorello, Giovanni Talisa, Noah AlShafey, Abdallah Fan, Zhiyuan Twardowski, Justin Krivitsky, Leonid A. Kuznetsov, Arseniy I. Chowdhury, Enam Shvets, Gennady |
| contents | High harmonic generation (HHG) opens a window on the fundamental science of strong-field light-mater interaction and serves as a key building block for attosecond optics and metrology. Resonantly enhanced HHG from hot spots in nanostructures is an attractive route to overcoming the well-known limitations of gases and bulk solids. We demonstrate a nanoscale platform for highly efficient HHG driven by strong mid-infrared laser pulses: an ultra-thin resonant gallium phosphide (GaP) metasurface. The wide bandgap and the lack of inversion symmetry of the GaP crystal enable the generation of even and odd harmonics covering a wide range of photon energies between 1.3 and 3 eV with minimal reabsorption. The resonantly enhanced conversion efficiency facilitates single-shot measurements that avoid material damage and pave the way to controllable transition between perturbative and non-perturbative regimes of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. |
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| spellingShingle | Generation of even and odd high harmonics in resonant metasurfaces using single and multiple ultra-intense laser pulses Shcherbakov, Maxim R. Zhang, Haizhong Tripepi, Michael Sartorello, Giovanni Talisa, Noah AlShafey, Abdallah Fan, Zhiyuan Twardowski, Justin Krivitsky, Leonid A. Kuznetsov, Arseniy I. Chowdhury, Enam Shvets, Gennady Optics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics High harmonic generation (HHG) opens a window on the fundamental science of strong-field light-mater interaction and serves as a key building block for attosecond optics and metrology. Resonantly enhanced HHG from hot spots in nanostructures is an attractive route to overcoming the well-known limitations of gases and bulk solids. We demonstrate a nanoscale platform for highly efficient HHG driven by strong mid-infrared laser pulses: an ultra-thin resonant gallium phosphide (GaP) metasurface. The wide bandgap and the lack of inversion symmetry of the GaP crystal enable the generation of even and odd harmonics covering a wide range of photon energies between 1.3 and 3 eV with minimal reabsorption. The resonantly enhanced conversion efficiency facilitates single-shot measurements that avoid material damage and pave the way to controllable transition between perturbative and non-perturbative regimes of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. |
| title | Generation of even and odd high harmonics in resonant metasurfaces using single and multiple ultra-intense laser pulses |
| topic | Optics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.03619 |