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Wen Y, Giorgianni F, Ilyakov I, Quan B, Kovalev S, Wang C, Vicario C, Deinert JC, Xiong X, Bailey J, Chen M, Ponomaryov A, Awari N, Rovere A, Sun J, Morandotti R, Razzari L, Aeppli G, Li J, Zhou J. A universal route to efficient non-linear response via Thomson scattering in linear solids. Natl Sci Rev 2023; 10:nwad136. [PMID: 37396487 PMCID: PMC10313094 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwad136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Non-linear materials are cornerstones of modern optics and electronics. Strong dependence on the intrinsic properties of particular materials, however, inhibits the at-will extension of demanding non-linear effects, especially those second-order ones, to widely adopted centrosymmetric materials (for example, silicon) and technologically important burgeoning spectral domains (for example, terahertz frequencies). Here we introduce a universal route to efficient non-linear responses enabled by exciting non-linear Thomson scattering, a fundamental process in electrodynamics that was known to occur only in relativistic electrons in metamaterial composed of linear materials. Such a mechanism modulates the trajectory of charges, either intrinsically or extrinsically provided in solids, at twice the driving frequency, allowing second-harmonic generation at terahertz frequencies on crystalline silicon with extremely large non-linear susceptibility in our proof-of-concept experiments. By offering a substantially material- and frequency-independent platform, our approach opens new possibilities in the fields of on-demand non-linear optics, terahertz sources, strong field light-solid interactions and integrated photonic circuits.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yongzheng Wen
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden 01328, Germany
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden 01328, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI 5232, Switzerland
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI 5232, Switzerland
- Institut de Physique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden 01328, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden 01328, Germany
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (EMT), Varennes J3X1P7, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (EMT), Varennes J3X1P7, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (EMT), Varennes J3X1P7, Canada
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI 5232, Switzerland
- Institut de Physique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
- Department of Physics and Quantum Center, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Corresponding author. E-mail:
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Heyman JN, Craig K, Galdrikian B, Sherwin MS, Campman K, Hopkins PF, Fafard S, Gossard AC. Resonant harmonic generation and dynamic screening in a double quantum well. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1994; 72:2183-2186. [PMID: 10055810 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.72.2183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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