Structuring light pulses at the attosecond timescale
Professor Carlos Hernandez Garcia
(Universidad de Salamanca (Spain))
…or having fun with ultrafast structured light pulses! Attosecond science greatly benefits from the generation of laser pulses sculpted in their spin and orbital angular momentum properties. From time-resolved studies of chiral systems and magnetic materials, to spatially resolved ultrafast electronic and spin dynamics, the generation of attosecond pulses with spatially varying amplitude, phase and polarization properties is opening exciting avenues. In this talk, we will review key advances in structuring light pulses at the attosecond timescale via high-order harmonic generation. We will highlight not only the ability to tailor the angular momentum properties of attosecond pulses, but also how the topology of extreme-ultraviolet/soft X-ray pulses can be used to probe ultrafast electronic dynamics in matter.
(Universidad de Salamanca (Spain))
…or having fun with ultrafast structured light pulses! Attosecond science greatly benefits from the generation of laser pulses sculpted in their spin and orbital angular momentum properties. From time-resolved studies of chiral systems and magnetic materials, to spatially resolved ultrafast electronic and spin dynamics, the generation of attosecond pulses with spatially varying amplitude, phase and polarization properties is opening exciting avenues. In this talk, we will review key advances in structuring light pulses at the attosecond timescale via high-order harmonic generation. We will highlight not only the ability to tailor the angular momentum properties of attosecond pulses, but also how the topology of extreme-ultraviolet/soft X-ray pulses can be used to probe ultrafast electronic dynamics in matter.
