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We observe the phase space trajectory of an entangled wave packet of a trapped ion with high precision. The application of a spin dependent light force on a superposition of spin states allows for coherent splitting of the matter wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-22 Ulrich Poschinger , Andreas Walther , Kilian Singer , Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler

The invention of laser immediately enabled us to detect nonlinearities of photon interaction in matter, as manifested for example by Franken et al.'s detection of second harmonic generation and the excitation of the Brillouin forward…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-24 Kensuke Homma , Dieter Habs , Toshiki Tajima

We report generation of a new quantum interference effect in spontaneous emission from a resonantly driven system of two identical two-level atoms due to the spatial variation of the laser phase at the positions of the atoms. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-10-06 Sumanta Das , G. S. Agarwal , Marlan O. Scully

We analyze the general radiation emission mechanism from a charged particle moving in a curved inhomogeneous magnetic field. The consideration of the gradient makes the curved vacuum magnetic field compatible with the Maxwell equations and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. Harko , K. S. Cheng

The last two decades experimentally affirmed the quantum nature of free electron wavepackets by the rapid development of transmission electron microscopes into ultrafast, quantum-coherent systems. In particular, ultrafast electron pulses…

Optics · Physics 2022-09-30 Roy Shiloh , Tomas Chlouba , Peter Hommelhoff

We investigate the time-evolution of quantum entanglement between an electron, liberated by a strong few-cycle laser pulse, and its parent ion-core. Since the standard procedure is numerically prohibitive in this case, we propose a novel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-18 Szilárd Majorosi , Mihály G. Benedict , Attila Czirják

We present a comprehensive theoretical investigation of high-order harmonic generation in H$_2^+$ molecular ions within a quantum optical framework. Our study focuses on characterizing various quantum optical and quantum information…

The quantum interference between a coherent state and a single photon is an important tool in continuous variable optical quantum technologies to characterize and engineer non-Gaussian quantum states. Semiconductor quantum dots, which have…

We experimentally observe longer than long trajectory influence in high order harmonic generation (HHG) by varying the peak intensity of the driving laser field through either direct attenuation, or by chirping the laser pulse. Using a…

We use a Wigner distribution-like function based on the strong field approximation theory to obtain the time-energy distributions and the ionization time distributions of electrons ionized by an XUV pulse alone and in the presence of an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 L. Guo , Y. Jia , M. Q. Liu , X. Y. Jia , S. L. Hu , R. H. Lu , S. S. Han , J. Chen

A coherent electromagnetic field can be described by its amplitude, frequency, and phase. All these properties can influence the interaction between the field and an atom. Here we demonstrate the phase shaping of microwaves that are…

We study the breakup of $\text{H}_2^+$ exposed to super-intense, femtosecond laser pulses with frequencies greater than that corresponding to the ionization potential. By solving the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation in an extensive…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-04-12 Lun Yue , Lars Bojer Madsen

Recent advancements in ultrafast laser systems and high harmonic generation (HHG) techniques have enabled time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on femtosecond timescales, opening up unprecedented opportunities to explore quantum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-03 Takeshi Suzuki , Kozo Okazaki

The generation and manipulation of entanglement between isolated particles has precipitated rapid progress in quantum information processing. Entanglement is also known to play an essential role in the optical properties of atomic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-16 Gabriel Araneda , Daniel B. Higginbottom , Lukáš Slodička , Yves Colombe , Rainer Blatt

Understanding and controlling the electronic as well as ro-vibrational motion and, thus, the entire chemical dynamics in molecules is the ultimate goal of ultrafast laser and imaging science. In photochemistry, laser-induced dissociation…

In ultrafast experiments with gas phase molecules, the alignment of the molecular axis relative to the polarization of the interacting laser pulses plays a crucial role in determining the dynamics following this light-matter interaction.…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-04-14 Shashank Kumar , Eric Liu , Liang Z. Tan , Varun Makhija , Niranjan Shivaram

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) waves are global waves in the solar corona which can accelerate particles. The efficiency of the acceleration depends on local plasma characteristics e.g. Alfv\'en speed and the geometry of the magnetic field. This…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-06 C. Cuddy , D. M. Long , M. Nedal , S. Bhunia , P. T. Gallagher

Strong-field quantum-state control is investigated, taking advantage of the full---amplitude and phase---characterization of the interaction between matter and intense ultrashort pulses via transient-absorption spectroscopy. A sequence of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 Stefano M. Cavaletto , Zoltán Harman , Thomas Pfeifer , Christoph H. Keitel

We report on a combined experimental and theoretical study of XUV ionization of atomic argon in the presence of a near-infrared laser field. The resulting energy- and angle- resolved photoemission spectra have been described in the…

Using the frequency-domain theory, the high-order above threshold ionization (HATI) of a molecule is treated as a two-step transition: an above threshold ionization (ATI) followed by a laser-assisted collision (LAC). It is found that the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-05-28 Bingbing Wang , Yingchun Guo , Zong-Chao Yan , Panming Fu