Attosecond Electronics: Laser Waveform Control of Electron Dynamics in Materials
Professor Mike Chini
Ohio State University
The ability to synthesize and control the electric field of light with sub-optical-cycle precision has, in the last two decades, enabled the first generation of isolated attosecond pulses and provided access to the ultrafast dynamics of electrons in gas-phase atoms and molecules. Now, the transition of few-cycle laser sources and optical metrology from the near- to the mid-infrared has ushered in a new era of attosecond electronics, in which tailored laser waveforms are used to drive nonlinear photoexcitation and control coherent electronic currents in solid materials. In this talk, I will describe the toolbox of attosecond electronics: a few-cycle laser “function generator” and “optical oscilloscope”, both operating in the mid-infrared, and highlight how they allow control over laser-driven currents in multiple conduction bands of ZnO as well as valley polarization in monolayer MoS2..
Ohio State University
The ability to synthesize and control the electric field of light with sub-optical-cycle precision has, in the last two decades, enabled the first generation of isolated attosecond pulses and provided access to the ultrafast dynamics of electrons in gas-phase atoms and molecules. Now, the transition of few-cycle laser sources and optical metrology from the near- to the mid-infrared has ushered in a new era of attosecond electronics, in which tailored laser waveforms are used to drive nonlinear photoexcitation and control coherent electronic currents in solid materials. In this talk, I will describe the toolbox of attosecond electronics: a few-cycle laser “function generator” and “optical oscilloscope”, both operating in the mid-infrared, and highlight how they allow control over laser-driven currents in multiple conduction bands of ZnO as well as valley polarization in monolayer MoS2..
