Attosecond vortices in semiconductor materials

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Autores principales: Granados, C., Das, B. Kumar, Heide, Christian, Ghimire, Shambhu, Ciappina, M. F.
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Publicado: 2024
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author Granados, C.
Das, B. Kumar
Heide, Christian
Ghimire, Shambhu
Ciappina, M. F.
author_facet Granados, C.
Das, B. Kumar
Heide, Christian
Ghimire, Shambhu
Ciappina, M. F.
contents We present the first theoretical results on the generation of short-wavelength attosecond vortex beams in semiconductors through their interactions with an intense Laguerre-Gauss beam, in the limit where non-perturbative high-order harmonics are generated. We exploit the details of the novel microscopic mechanism for high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in condensed matter, such as the use of dephasing time included in semiconductor Bloch equations (SBE), the combination of the SBE model with the thin slab model, and the use of experimentally verified scaling laws for various harmonic orders. For our test, we use a zinc oxide crystal as our standard sample, and our vortex beam is characterized by a topological charge of $l=1$. Our time-domain analysis shows that harmonics within the plateau region specifically contribute to the generation of the attosecond vortex beam. Our findings have implications for advancing the understanding of solid-state HHG and leveraging its strengths, such as the use of thin and dense media, for the efficient generation of short-wavelength attosecond vortex beams.
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spellingShingle Attosecond vortices in semiconductor materials
Granados, C.
Das, B. Kumar
Heide, Christian
Ghimire, Shambhu
Ciappina, M. F.
Atomic Physics
Optics
We present the first theoretical results on the generation of short-wavelength attosecond vortex beams in semiconductors through their interactions with an intense Laguerre-Gauss beam, in the limit where non-perturbative high-order harmonics are generated. We exploit the details of the novel microscopic mechanism for high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in condensed matter, such as the use of dephasing time included in semiconductor Bloch equations (SBE), the combination of the SBE model with the thin slab model, and the use of experimentally verified scaling laws for various harmonic orders. For our test, we use a zinc oxide crystal as our standard sample, and our vortex beam is characterized by a topological charge of $l=1$. Our time-domain analysis shows that harmonics within the plateau region specifically contribute to the generation of the attosecond vortex beam. Our findings have implications for advancing the understanding of solid-state HHG and leveraging its strengths, such as the use of thin and dense media, for the efficient generation of short-wavelength attosecond vortex beams.
title Attosecond vortices in semiconductor materials
topic Atomic Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14385