Colloquium

Autor(en)

Stanislav Yu. Kruchinin, Ferenc Krausz, Vladislav S. Yakovlev

Abstrakt

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.

Organisation(en)

Computergestützte Materialphysik

Externe Organisation(en)

Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Journal

Reviews of Modern Physics

Band

90

Anzahl der Seiten

27

ISSN

0034-6861

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.90.021002

Publikationsdatum

04-2018

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103025 Quantenmechanik, 103015 Kondensierte Materie, 103021 Optik

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/fe14a29c-4469-4681-8def-0d48482ab6b4