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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Amplification of intense light fields by nearly free electrons
Mary Matthews, Felipe Morales, Alexander Patas +10
Light can be used to modify and control properties of media, as in the case of electromagnetically induced transparency or, more recently, for the generation of slow light or brigh…
Locally and globally chiral fields for ultimate control of chiral light matter interaction
David Ayuso, Ofer Neufeld, Andres F. Ordonez +5
Light is one of the most powerful and precise tools allowing us to control, shape and create new phases of matter. In this task, the magnetic component of a light wave has so far p…
Topological strong field physics on sub-laser cycle time scale
R. E. F. Silva, Á. Jiménez-Galán, B. Amorim +2
Sub-laser cycle time scale of electronic response to strong laser fields enables attosecond dynamical imaging in atoms, molecules and solids. Optical tunneling and high harmonic ge…
Strong-field control and enhancement of chiral response in bi-elliptical high-order harmonic generation: an analytical model
David Ayuso, Piero Decleva, Serguei Patchkovskii +1
The generation of high-order harmonics in a medium of chiral molecules driven by intense bi-elliptical laser fields can lead to strong chiroptical response in a broad range of harm…
Vectorial Phase Retrieval for Linear Characterization of Attosecond Pulses
Oren Raz, Osip Schwartz, Dane Austin +7
The waveforms of attosecond pulses produced by high-harmonic generation carry information on the electronic structure and dynamics in atomic and molecular systems. Current methods…