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  • Ultrafast Optics
  • Strong-Field Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Background:

  • High harmonic generation (HHG) in gases provides attosecond and angstrom resolution, based on electron recollision models.
  • HHG is now observed in solids, necessitating new theoretical frameworks for ultrafast dynamics in condensed matter.
  • Current particle-perspective methods face challenges in describing solid HHG.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To revisit the recollision picture in solid-state high harmonic generation.
  • To highlight the limitations of existing particle-perspective approaches.
  • To introduce a novel wave-perspective Huygens-Fresnel picture for solid HHG dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Revisiting established recollision models for solid HHG.
  • Analyzing the challenges and limitations of particle-perspective theories.
  • Developing and presenting a wave-perspective Huygens-Fresnel approach.

Main Results:

  • Identified significant challenges with current particle-perspective explanations of solid HHG.
  • Proposed a new Huygens-Fresnel picture based on wave dynamics.
  • This wave-perspective offers a framework for understanding ultrafast dynamics in solids.

Conclusions:

  • The wave-perspective Huygens-Fresnel picture provides a more suitable description for solid HHG.
  • This approach is crucial for extending attosecond spectroscopy to condensed matter.
  • Further research into wave-dynamics is essential for advancing strong-field physics in solids.