High harmonics generation in bilayer graphene at high Fermi energies induced by coherent THz-radiation

Abstract

The higher-order harmonic generation process in the nonperturbative regime at the interaction of coherent electromagnetic radiation with the AB-stacked bilayer graphene at high Fermi energies is considered. The applied coherent low-frequency radiation field in the high Fermi energy zone of electrons excludes the interband transitions enhancing high harmonic rates. The developed microscopic nonlinear quantum theory for charged carriers interaction with a strong pump wave is valid near the Dirac points of the Brillouin zone. The Liouville–von Neumann equation for the density matrix in the multiphoton excitation regime is solved both analytically and numerically. Based on the numerical solutions, we examine the rates of higher-order harmonics of the pump wave of arbitrary polarization. Obtained results show that bilayer graphene serves as an effective material for the generation of higher-order harmonics from THz to the mid-IR domain of frequencies at moderate pump wave intensities.