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Abstract
The advent of visible-infrared laser pulses carrying a substantial fraction of their energy in a single field oscillation cycle has opened a new era in the experimental investigation of ultrafast processes in semiconductors and dielectrics (bulk as well as nanostructured), motivated by the quest for the ultimate frontiers of electron-based signal metrology and processing. Exploring ways to approach those frontiers requires insight into the physics underlying the interaction of strong high-frequency (optical) fields with electrons moving in periodic potentials. This Colloquium aims at providing this insight. Introduction to the foundations of strong-field phenomena defines and compares regimes of field-matter interaction in periodic systems, including (perfect) crystals as well as optical and semiconductor superlattices, followed by a review of recent experimental advances in the study of strong-field dynamics in crystals and nanostructures. Avenues toward measuring and controlling electronic processes up to petahertz frequencies are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 021002 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Journal | Reviews of Modern Physics |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Apr 2018 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103025 Quantum mechanics
- 103015 Condensed matter
- 103021 Optics
Keywords
- HIGH-HARMONIC GENERATION
- WANNIER-STARK LADDERS
- QUANTUM ADIABATIC APPROXIMATION
- ELECTRIC-FIELD
- SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
- BLOCH OSCILLATIONS
- NONLINEAR OPTICS
- LASER FIELDS
- MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION
- ATTOSECOND METROLOGY
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Stochastic TDDFT on a Lattice
Kruchinin, S., Kresse, G. & Hecht-Aichholzer, D.
1/06/17 → 31/05/19
Project: Research funding
Activities
- 1 Poster presentation
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Non-Markovian Dephasing in Solids Excited by a Few-Cycle Laser Pulse
Stanislav Kruchinin (Contributor)
Sept 2018Activity: Talks and presentations › Poster presentation › Science to Science