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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 116, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.016601
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- Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan) [20104007, 26247052, 23244065, 26287087]
- ImPACT Program of the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26287087, 26247052, 23244065, 20104007] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We theoretically investigate mechanisms of higher-order harmonic generation in solid-state materials under a high-intensity ac electric field. A new theoretical framework presented in this Letter holds the legitimacy of Bloch's theorem even under the influence of the high-intensity electric field and provides an exact treatment of the diabatic processes of Bloch electrons. Utilizing this framework, we first discovered that the diabatic processes, namely, ac Zener tunneling and semimetallization of semiconductors, are key factors for nonperturbative mechanisms of HHG. These mechanisms are classified by the field intensity and could be understood by an extended simple man model based on an analogy between tunnel ionization in gaseous media and Zener tunneling in semiconductors. These conclusions would stimulate the universal understanding of HHG mechanisms in both atomic and solid cases.
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