'High-order harmonics emerging from the interaction of strong laser fields with solid matter constitute a novel, highly sensitive tool for interrogating electronic structure and dynamics in solids. At the interface of attosecond physics and condensed matter physics, this book provides an excellent overview of the current state of the art.'

Ferenc KrauszNobel Laureate in Physics, 2023

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) in solids, the nonlinear upconversion of coherent radiation resulting from the interaction of a strong and short laser pulse with bulk matter, has come of age. Since the seminal experiments and theoretical developments, there has been a constant and vibrant interest in this topic. In this book, we invite experimental and theoretical experts in the field with the aim to summarize the progress made so far and propose new possibilities and prospects for the generation of high-order harmonics using solid samples. Nowadays, it is possible to engineer, both spatially and temporally with nanometric and attosecond resolution, the driven fields. This could bring solid HHG to the next exciting frontier as novel and fully tunable table-top coherent sources.

Contents:

• Probing Topological Phase Transition Using High-Order Harmonic Generation (Shambhu Ghimire)


• Manipulation of Quantum Properties in 2D Materials with Strong Tailored Fields (Eduardo B Molinero, Rui E F Silva and Álvaro Jiménez-Galán)


• Wannier Approach to the Semiconductor Bloch Equations (Eduardo B Molinero, Álvaro Jiménez-Galán and Rui E F Silva)


• Theory of Topological Effects on High-Order Harmonic Generation in Solids (Hannah Jürβ, Helena Drüeke, Dieter Bauer and Francisco Navarrete)


• High-Harmonic Spectroscopy of Coherently Vibrating Solids (Navdeep Rana and Gopal Dixit)


• Analyzing High-Order Harmonic Generation in Solids Based on Semi-Classical Recollision Models (Hongdan Zhang, Ruixin Zuo, Shidong Yang, Alexander Trautmann, Xiaohong Song, Torsten Meier and Weifeng Yang)


• Quantum Optical Analysis of High-Order Harmonic Generation in Semiconductors (Javier Rivera-Dean, Philipp Stammer, Andrew S Maxwell, Theocharis Lamprou, Andrés F Ordóñez, Emilio Pisanty, Paraskevas Tzallas, Maciej Lewenstein and Marcelo F Ciappina)


• Theoretical Explorations of High-Order Harmonic Generation in Solids: From 1D to 3D (Xiao-Shuang Kong, Xiao-Yuan Wu, Jian-Zhao Jin, Wan-Dong Yu and Liang-You Peng)


• High-Order Harmonic Generation in Semiconductors with Excitonic Effects (Matthias Reichelt, Ruixin Zuo, Xiaohong Song, Weifeng Yang and Torsten Meier)


• Solid-State Harmonic Generation Governed by Crystal Symmetry (Chen Qian and Ruifeng Lu)


• High-Order Harmonic Generation in Solids: Dependence on Target and Laser Properties (Francisco Navarrete, Marcelo F Ciappina and Uwe Thumm)


• High-Order Harmonic Generation from Unconventional Superconductors (Tobias Graβ, Jordi Alcalà, Utso Bhattacharya, Jens Biegert, Marcelo F Ciappina, Ugaitz Elu, Piotr T Grochowski, Maciej Lewenstein, Anna Palau, Themistoklis P H Sidiropoulos, Tobias Steinle and Igor Tyulnev)


• Interference Effects in High-Order Harmonic Generation in Solids (Guang-Rui Jia, Tian-Jiao Shao, Tao-Yuan Du, Ling-Jie Lü, Xin-Qiang Wang and Xue-Bin Bian)

Readership: This book is a useful reference for academics, researchers and graduate students working in the field of Strong Field Physics, solid-state Chemistry, Plasmonics, Condensed Matter Physics, Attosecond Science and Ultrafast Optics.

Key Features:

• First book in the world on high-order harmonic generation in solids


• Covers both experimental and theoretical aspects