Colloquium: Strong-field phenomena in periodic systems

Author(s)
Stanislav Yu. Kruchinin, Ferenc Krausz, Vladislav S. Yakovlev
Abstract

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(s)
Computational Materials Physics
External organisation(s)
Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Journal
Reviews of Modern Physics
Volume
90
No. of pages
27
ISSN
0034-6861
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.90.021002
Publication date
04-2018
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103025 Quantum mechanics, 103015 Condensed matter, 103021 Optics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Physics and Astronomy(all)
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/colloquium-strongfield-phenomena-in-periodic-systems(fe14a29c-4469-4681-8def-0d48482ab6b4).html