We present a novel theoretical approach to simulate spin, time and
angular-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES) from first principles that
is applicable to surfaces, thin films, few layer systems, and low-dimensional
nanostructures. The method is based on a general formulation in the framework
of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) to describe the real
time-evolution of electrons escaping from a surface under the effect of any
external (arbitrary) laser field. By extending the so called t-SURFF method to
periodic systems one can calculate the final photoelectron spectrum by
collecting the flux of the ionization current trough an analysing surface. The
resulting approach, that we named t-SURFFP, allows to describe a wide range of
irradiation conditions without any assumption on the dynamics of the ionization
process allowing for pump-probe simulations on an equal footing. To illustrate
the wide scope of applicability of the method we present applications to
graphene, mono- and bi-layer WSe2, and hexagonal BN under different laser
configurations
