Nonlinear couplings between photons and electrons in new materials give rise to a wealth of interesting nonlinear phenomena [1]. This includes frequency mixing, optical rectification or nonlinear current generation, which are of particular interest for generating radiation in spectral regions that are difficult to access, such as the terahertz gap. Owing to its specific linear dispersion and high electron mobility at room temperature, graphene is particularly attractive for realizing strong nonlinear effects [2]. However, since graphene is a centrosymmetric material, second-order nonlinearities a priori cancel, which imposes to rely on less attractive third-order nonlinearities [3]. It was nevertheless recently demonstrated that dc-second-order nonlinear currents [4] as well as ultrafast ac-currents [5] can be generated in graphene under optical excitation. The asymmetry is introduced by the excitation at oblique incidence, resulting in the transfer of photon momentum to the electron system, known as the
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