Second and third harmonics generation by coherent sub-THz radiation at induced Lifshitz transitions in gapped bilayer graphene

TL;DR

This paper develops a microscopic quantum theory to analyze high harmonic generation in gapped bilayer graphene induced by Lifshitz transitions, revealing its potential as an efficient medium for sub-THz harmonic generation.

Contribution

It introduces a numerical approach to study second and third harmonic generation in bilayer graphene during Lifshitz transitions under strong electromagnetic fields.

Findings

Gapped bilayer graphene can generate high harmonics in the sub-THz range.

The theory predicts efficient even and odd harmonic generation.

Numerical solutions show significant harmonic rates at Lifshitz transitions.

Abstract

Using the microscopic nonlinear quantum theory of interaction of strong coherent electromagnetic radiation with a gapped bilayer graphene is developed for high harmonic generation at low-energy photon excitation-induced Lifshitz transitions. The Liouville-von Neumann equation for the density matrix is solved numerically at the nonadiabatic multiphoton excitation regime. By numerical solutions, we examine the rates of the second and third harmonics generation at the particle-hole annihilation in induced Lifshitz transitions by the two linearly polarized coherent electromagnetic waves propagating in opposite directions. The obtained results show that the gapped bilayer graphene can serve as an effective medium for generation of even and odd high harmonics in the sub-THz domain of frequencies.