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Observation of light driven band structure via multi-band high harmonic spectroscopy
Ayelet J. Uzan-Narovlansky, Álvaro Jiménez-Galán, Gal Orenstein +8
Intense light-matter interactions have revolutionized our ability to probe and manipulate quantum systems at sub-femtosecond time scales, opening routes to all-optical control of e…
Enantiosensitive exceptional points
Nicola Mayer, Nimrod Moiseyev, Olga Smirnova
We show that the position of the exceptional points (EPs) in the parameter space of a chiral molecule coupled to the photoionization continuum by a three-color field is enantiosens…
Spin-Polarized Photoelectrons in the Vicinity of Spectral Features
Stefanos Carlström, Rezvan Tahouri, Asimina Papoulia +4
It has been shown by Fano (1969) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.178.131 that photoionization of a cæsium atom by a laser pulse tuned to the vicinity of a Cooper minimum generates…
Control of Spin Polarization through Recollisions
Stefanos Carlström, Jan Marcus Dahlström, Misha Yu Ivanov +2
Using only linearly polarized light, we study the possibility of generating spin-polarized photoelectrons from xenon atoms. No net spin polarization is possible, since the xenon gr…
Ultrafast control over chiral sum-frequency generation
Josh Vogwell, Laura Rego, Olga Smirnova +1
We introduce an ultrafast all-optical approach for efficient chiral recognition which relies on the interference between two low-order nonlinear processes which are ubiquitous in n…
Chiral topological light for detecting robust enantio-sensitive observables
Nicola Mayer, David Ayuso, Piero Decleva +4
The topological response of matter to electromagnetic fields is a property in high demand in materials design and metrology due to its robustness against noise and decoherence, sti…
Valleytronics in bulk MoS by optical control of parity and time symmetries
Igor Tyulnev, Álvaro Jiménez-Galán, Julita Poborska +7
The valley degree of freedom of electrons in materials promises routes toward energy-efficient information storage with enticing prospects towards quantum information processing. C…
Polarization-Shaped Strong Field Control over Valley Polarization with Mid-IR Light
Igor Tyulnev, Julita Poborska, Álvaro Jiménez-Galán +4
We induce control over valley polarization with a polarization-shaped mid-infrared light field. The polarization state of the trefoil-shaped pump fields is measured by high harmoni…
Sub-cycle multidimensional spectroscopy of strongly correlated materials
V. Valmispild, E. Gorelov, M. Eckstein +5
Strongly correlated solids are extremely complex and fascinating quantum systems, where new states continue to emerge, especially when interaction with light triggers interplay bet…
Highly spin-polarized multi-GeV electron beams generated by single-species plasma photocathodes
Zan Nie, Fei Li, Felipe Morales +11
High-gradient and high-efficiency acceleration in plasma-based accelerators has been demonstrated, showing its potential as the building block for a future collider operating at th…
Ultrafast chirality: the road to efficient chiral measurements
David Ayuso, Andres F. Ordonez, Olga Smirnova
Today we are witnessing the electric-dipole revolution in chiral measurements. Here we reflect on its lessons and outcomes, such as the perspective on chiral measurements using the…
Role of Spin-Orbit Coupling in High-order Harmonic Generation Revealed by Super-Cycle Rydberg Trajectories
Nicola Mayer, Samuel Beaulieu, Alvaro Jimenez-Galan +7
High-harmonic generation is typically thought of as a sub-laser-cycle process, with the electron's excursion in the continuum lasting a fraction of the optical cycle. However, it w…
Imprinting chirality on atoms using synthetic chiral light fields
Nicola Mayer, Serguei Patchkovskii, Felipe Morales +2
Atoms are usually thought of as achiral objects. However, one can construct superpositions of atomic states that are chiral [1]. Here we show how to excite such superpositions with…
Propensity rules for photoelectron circular dichroism in strong field ionization of chiral molecules
Andres F. Ordonez, Olga Smirnova
Chiral molecules ionized by circularly polarized fields produce a photoelectron current orthogonal to the polarization plane. This current has opposite directions for opposite enan…
Giant chiro-optical response in high harmonic generation
David Ayuso, Andres F. Ordonez, Piero Decleva +2
High harmonic generation (HHG) records the ultrafast electronic response of matter to light, encoding key properties of the interrogated quantum system, such as chirality. The firs…
Enantiosensitive steering of free-induction decay
Margarita Khokhlova, Emilio Pisanty, Serguei Patchkovskii +2
Chiral discrimination, a problem of vital importance, has recently become an emerging frontier in ultrafast physics, with remarkable progress achieved in multiphoton and strong-fie…
Geometric fields and new enantio-sensitive observables in photoionization of chiral molecules
Andres F. Ordonez, David Ayuso, Piero Decleva +1
Chiral molecules are instrumental for molecular recognition in living organisms. Distinguishing between two opposite enantiomers, the mirror twins of the same chiral molecule, is b…
Ultrafast optical rotation for extremely sensitive enantio-discrimination
David Ayuso, Andres Ordonez, Misha Ivanov +1
Sculpting sub-cycle temporal structures of optical waveforms allows one to image and even control electronic clouds in atoms, molecules and solids. Here we show how the transverse…
Sub-cycle valleytronics: control of valley polarization using few-cycle linearly polarized pulses
Álvaro Jiménez-Galán, Rui Silva, Olga Smirnova +1
So far, selective excitation of a desired valley in the Brillouin zone of a hexagonal two-dimensional material has relied on using circularly polarized fields. We theoretically dem…
Polarization of chirality
David Ayuso, Andres Ordonez, Piero Decleva +2
It has been long recognized that the spatial polarization of the electronic clouds in molecules, and the spatial arrangements of atoms into chiral molecular structures, play crucia…
N Lasing: Gain and Absorption in the Presence of Rotational Coherence
Marianna Lytova, Maria Richter, Felipe Morales +3
We simulate the pump-probe experiments of lasing in molecular nitrogen ions with particular interest on the effects of rotational wave-packet dynamics. Our computations demonstrate…
Rotational Quantum Beat Lasing Without Inversion
Maria Richter, Marianna Lytova, Felipe Morales +4
In standard lasers, light amplification requires population inversion between an upper and a lower state to break the reciprocity between absorption and stimulated emission. Howeve…
Lightwave topology for strong-field valleytronics
Á. Jiménez-Galán, R. E. F. Silva, O. Smirnova +1
Modern light generation technology offers extraordinary capabilities for sculpting light pulses, with full control over individual electric field oscillations within each laser cyc…
Multi-Band Petahertz Currents Resolved via High Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy
Ayelet Julie Uzan, Gal Orenstein, Álvaro Jiménez-Galán +13
Strong field driven electric currents in condensed matter systems open new frontiers in petahertz electronics. In this regime new challenges arise as the role of the band structure…