Intense-Laser Nondipole-Induced Symmetry Breaking in Solids

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13140v1
• Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:48:09 GMT
• Title: Intense-Laser Nondipole-Induced Symmetry Breaking in Solids
• Authors: Asger Weeth, Lars Bojer Madsen,
• Abstract summary: High-harmonic generation (HHG) is a highly non-linear phenomena and simulations guide interpretation of experimental results.<n>Here, we investigate effects of including nondipole terms in the light-matter coupling in simulations of HHG in materials with both topologically trivial and non-trivial phases.
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• Abstract: High-harmonic spectroscopy in solids gives insight into the inner workings of solids, such as reconstructing band structures or probing the topological phase of materials. High-harmonic generation (HHG) is a highly non-linear phenomena and simulations guide interpretation of experimental results. These simulations often rely on the electric dipole approximation, even though the driving fields enter regimes that challenge its accuracy. Here, we investigate effects of including nondipole terms in the light-matter coupling in simulations of HHG in materials with both topologically trivial and non-trivial phases. We show how the inclusion of nondipole terms breaks dipole selection rules, allowing for new polarizations of the generated light. Specifically we find that helicity, completely absent in the dipole approximation, is induced by the nondipole extension, and that this helicity is dependent on the topological phase of the material.

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