High-harmonic spectroscopy of ultrafast many-body dynamics in strongly correlated systems

Silva REF, Blinov IV, Rubtsov AN, Smirnova O, Ivanov M (2018)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Journal

Nature Photonics Nature Publishing Group

Book Volume: 12

Pages Range: 266-270

Journal Issue: 5

DOI: 10.1038/s41566-018-0129-0

Abstract

We bring together two topics that, until now, have been the focus of intense but non-overlapping research efforts. The first concerns high-harmonic generation in solids, which occurs when an intense light field excites a highly non-equilibrium electronic response in a semiconductor or a dielectric. The second concerns many-body dynamics in strongly correlated systems such as the Mott insulator. We show that high-harmonic generation can be used to time-resolve ultrafast many-body dynamics associated with an optically driven phase transition, with accuracy far exceeding one cycle of the driving light field. Our work paves the way for time-resolving highly non-equilibrium many-body dynamics in strongly correlated systems, with few femtosecond accuracy.

Involved external institutions

Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. / Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy DE Germany (DE) Russian Quantum Center RU Russian Federation (RU)

How to cite

APA:

Silva, R.E.F., Blinov, I.V., Rubtsov, A.N., Smirnova, O., & Ivanov, M. (2018). High-harmonic spectroscopy of ultrafast many-body dynamics in strongly correlated systems. Nature Photonics, 12(5), 266-270. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-018-0129-0

MLA:

Silva, R. E. F., et al. "High-harmonic spectroscopy of ultrafast many-body dynamics in strongly correlated systems." Nature Photonics 12.5 (2018): 266-270.

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