Research
High-harmonic generation during ultrafast melting of a Mott insulating state
Nature · By Ryohei Ikeda ·
The Brief
- A Nature Photonics paper reports high-harmonic generation measurements during the ultrafast melting of a Mott insulating state.
- High-harmonic spectroscopy under an intense mid-infrared field shows redshifts of high-harmonic peaks during the melting process.
- The source states that dynamical mean-field theory is also part of the study, though its details are not given in the excerpt.
Why it matters
The work uses high-harmonic spectroscopy to track a phase transition in a correlated electron material on ultrafast timescales, offering a probe of how Mott insulators lose their insulating state.
Who’s affected
- condensed-matter physicists
- ultrafast and attosecond optics researchers
- #high-harmonic generation
- #mott insulator
- #ultrafast spectroscopy
- #strongly correlated materials
- #nonlinear optics
Nature Photonics, Published online: 13 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-02031-w High-harmonic spectroscopy under an intense mid-infrared field reveals redshifts of high-harmonic peaks during the ultrafast melting of a Mott insulating state, while dynamical mean-field theory…
Timeline
Published online in Nature Photonics
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High-harmonic generation during ultrafast melting of a Mott insulating state