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Ultrafast control of strong-field electron dynamics in solids

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2017-03-10 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We review theoretical foundations and some recent progress related to the quest of controlling the motion of charge carriers with intense laser pulses and optical waveforms. The tools and techniques of attosecond science enable detailed investigations of a relatively unexplored regime of nondestructive strong-field effects. Such extremely nonlinear effects may be utilized to steer electron motion with precisely controlled optical fields and switch electric currents at a rate that is far beyond the capabilities of conventional electronics.

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@article{arxiv.1502.02180,
  title  = {Ultrafast control of strong-field electron dynamics in solids},
  author = {Vladislav S. Yakovlev and Stanislav Yu. Kruchinin and Tim Paasch-Colberg and Mark I. Stockman and Ferenc Krausz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.02180},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

This manuscript was prepared for a book "Ultrafast Ionization Dynamics", which is to be published by Springer