Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 21, Issue 21, Pages 8970-8978Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02145
Keywords
High harmonic generation; Topological insulators; Strong-field physics; Nonlinear optics; Ultrafast spectroscopy
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division through the Early Career Research Program
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [P2EZP2_184255]
- Max Planck POSTECH/KOREA Research Initiative Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning [2016K1A4A4A0192202]
- Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) - Korea Government (MOTIE) [P0008763]
- LANL LDRD project
- Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Science and Engineering
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [P2EZP2_184255] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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The study reports an anomalous nonlinear optical response of bismuth selenide, a prototypical three-dimensional topological insulator, during high-order harmonic generation. It was found that the generation efficiency increases with a change in laser polarization, reaching maximum efficiency under circular polarization. The anomalous enhancement observed encodes the characteristic topology of the band structure, originating from the interplay of strong spin-orbit coupling and time-reversal symmetry protection, with potential implications in ultrafast probing of topological phase transitions, light-field driven dissipationless electronics, and quantum computation.
We report the observation of an anomalous nonlinear optical response of the prototypical three-dimensional topological insulator bismuth selenide through the process of high-order harmonic generation. We find that the generation efficiency increases as the laser polarization is changed from linear to elliptical, and it becomes maximum for circular polarization. With the aid of a microscopic theory and a detailed analysis of the measured spectra, we reveal that such anomalous enhancement encodes the characteristic topology of the band structure that originates from the interplay of strong spin-orbit coupling and time-reversal symmetry protection. The implications are in ultrafast probing of topological phase transitions, light-field driven dissipationless electronics, and quantum computation.
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