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Probing structural chirality of crystals using high-order harmonic generation in solids

Zi-Yu Chen and Rui Qin
Phys. Rev. A 101, 053423 – Published 13 May 2020
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Abstract

Structural chirality plays an important role in solid-state physics and leads to a variety of novel physics. The feasibility of probing structural chirality of crystals using high harmonic generation in solids is explored in this work. Through first-principles calculations based on the time-dependent density-functional theory framework, we demonstrate that evident circular dichroism (CD) effects can be induced in the high harmonic spectra from a chiral crystal—bulk tellurium. The CD signal reverses for crystals with opposite structural chirality. Besides, the high harmonic spectroscopy also provides an all-optical method for probing lattice symmetry properties and determining orientation of the tellurium crystal.

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  • Received 10 February 2020
  • Accepted 27 April 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.101.053423

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.

©2020 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

  1. Research Areas
High-order harmonic generationStrong electromagnetic field effectsUltrafast phenomena
  1. Techniques
Time-dependent DFT
Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

Zi-Yu Chen1,* and Rui Qin2,†

  • 1Key Laboratory of High Energy Density Physics and Technology (MoE), College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
  • 2National Key Laboratory of Shock Wave and Detonation Physics, Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621999, China

  • *ziyuch@scu.edu.cn
  • †qinrui.phy@outlook.com

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Vol. 101, Iss. 5 — May 2020

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