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most citedBright high-order harmonic generation with controllable polarization from a relativistic plasma mirror

64 citations · 262 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

physics.plasm-ph2025

Plasma-state metasurfaces for ultra-intensive field manipulation

Zi-Yu Chen, Hao Xu, Jiao Jia +23

High-power lasers offer ultrahigh intensities for plasma interactions, but they lack advanced techniques to control the properties of the fields, because no optical elements could…

physics.optics2020★ 12 cited

Intense high harmonic vector beams from relativistic plasma mirrors

Zi-Yu Chen, Ronghao Hu

Vector beam, with a spatial nonuniform polarization distribution, is important for many applications due to its unique field characteristics and novel effects when interacting with…

physics.optics2019★ 19 cited

Probing structural chirality of crystals using high harmonic generation in solids

Zi-Yu Chen, Rui Qin

Structural chirality plays an important role in solid state physics and leads to a variety of novel physics. The feasibility of probing structural chirality of crystals using high…

physics.app-ph2019★ 27 cited

Strong-field nonlinear optical properties of monolayer black phosphorus

Zi-Yu Chen, Rui Qin

Within the past few years, atomically thin black phosphorus (BP) has been demonstrated as a fascinating new 2D material that is promising for novel nanoelectronics and nanophotonic…

physics.optics2018★ 59 cited

Circularly polarized extreme ultraviolet high harmonic generation in graphene

Zi-Yu Chen, Rui Qin

Circularly polarized extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation is highly interesting for investigation of chirality-sensitive light-matter interactions. Recent breakthroughs have enabled…

physics.optics2018★ 25 cited

Strain-controlled high harmonic generation with Dirac fermions in silicene

Rui Qin, Zi-Yu Chen

Two-dimensional (2D) materials with zero band gap exhibit remarkable electronic properties with wide tunability. High harmonic generation (HHG) in such materials offers unique plat…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 31 cited

Spectral control of high harmonics from relativistic plasmas using bicircular fields

Zi-Yu Chen

We introduce two-color counterrotating circularly polarized laser fields as a new way to spectrally control high harmonic generation (HHG) from relativistic plasma mirrors. Through…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 64 cited

Bright high-order harmonic generation with controllable polarization from a relativistic plasma mirror

Zi-Yu Chen, Alexander Pukhov

Ultrafast extreme ultraviolet (XUV) sources with a controllable polarization state are powerful tools for investigating the structural and electronic as well as the magnetic proper…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 7 cited

Wavebreaking-associated transmitted emission of attosecond extreme-ultraviolet pulses from laser-driven overdense plasmas

Zi-Yu Chen, Mykyta Cherednychek, Alexander Pukhov

We present a new mechanism of attosecond extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) pulses generation from a relativistic laser-driven overdense plasma surfaces in the wavebreaking regime. Through…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 15 cited

High field terahertz emission from relativistic laser-driven plasma wakefields

Zi-Yu Chen, Alexander Pukhov

We propose a method to generate high field terahertz (THz) radiation with peak strength of GV/cm level in the THz frequency gap range 1-10 THz using a relativistic laser interactio…

physics.plasm-ph2014★ 3 cited

Intense isolated few-cycle attosecond XUV pulses from overdense plasmas driven by tailored laser pulses

Zi-Yu Chen, Xiao-Ya Li, Li-Ming Chen +2

A method to generate an intense isolated few-cycle attosecond XUV pulse is demonstrated using particle-in-cell simulations. When a tailored laser pulse with a sharp edge irradiates…

physics.plasm-ph2013

Hot-electron refluxing enhanced relativistic transparency of overdense plasmas

Yong Yu, Xiao-Ya Li, Zi-Yu Chen +2

A new phenomenon of enhancing the relativistic transparency of overdense plasmas by the influence of hot-electron refluxing has been found via particle-in-cell simulations. When a…