First-principles method for nonlinear light propagation at oblique incidence

Abstract

We have developed a computational method to describe the nonlinear light propagation of an intense and ultrashort pulse at oblique incidence on a flat surface. In the method, coupled equations of macroscopic light propagation and microscopic electron dynamics are simultaneously solved using a multiscale modeling. The microscopic electronic motion is described by first-principles time-dependent density functional theory. The macroscopic Maxwell equations that describe oblique light propagation are transformed into one-dimensional wave equations. As an illustration of the method, light propagation at oblique incidence on a silicon thin film is presented.

14 pages, 8 figures

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