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Hauptverfasser: Nagai, Kohei, Okamoto, Takuya, Shinohara, Yasushi, Sanada, Haruki, Oguri, Katsuya
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2023
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.18500
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author Nagai, Kohei
Okamoto, Takuya
Shinohara, Yasushi
Sanada, Haruki
Oguri, Katsuya
author_facet Nagai, Kohei
Okamoto, Takuya
Shinohara, Yasushi
Sanada, Haruki
Oguri, Katsuya
contents Symmetries essentially provide conservation rules in nonlinear light-matter interactions, that facilitate control and understanding of photon conversion processes or electron dynamics. Since anisotropic solids have rich symmetries, they are strong candidate to control both optical micro- and macroscale structures, namely spin (circular polarization) and orbital angular momentum (spiral wavefront), respectively. Here, we show structured high harmonic generation linked to the anisotropic symmetry of a solid. By strategically preserving a dynamical symmetry arising from the spin-orbit interaction of light, we generate multiple orbital angular momentum states in high-order harmonics. The experimental results exhibit the total angular momentum conservation rule of light even in the extreme nonlinear region, which is evidence that the mechanism originates from a dynamical symmetry. Our study provides a deeper understanding of multiscale nonlinear optical phenomena and a general guideline for using electronic structure to control structured light, such as through Floquet engineering.
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spellingShingle High harmonic spin-orbit angular momentum generation in crystalline solids preserving multiscale dynamical symmetry
Nagai, Kohei
Okamoto, Takuya
Shinohara, Yasushi
Sanada, Haruki
Oguri, Katsuya
Optics
Symmetries essentially provide conservation rules in nonlinear light-matter interactions, that facilitate control and understanding of photon conversion processes or electron dynamics. Since anisotropic solids have rich symmetries, they are strong candidate to control both optical micro- and macroscale structures, namely spin (circular polarization) and orbital angular momentum (spiral wavefront), respectively. Here, we show structured high harmonic generation linked to the anisotropic symmetry of a solid. By strategically preserving a dynamical symmetry arising from the spin-orbit interaction of light, we generate multiple orbital angular momentum states in high-order harmonics. The experimental results exhibit the total angular momentum conservation rule of light even in the extreme nonlinear region, which is evidence that the mechanism originates from a dynamical symmetry. Our study provides a deeper understanding of multiscale nonlinear optical phenomena and a general guideline for using electronic structure to control structured light, such as through Floquet engineering.
title High harmonic spin-orbit angular momentum generation in crystalline solids preserving multiscale dynamical symmetry
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.18500