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Ultrafast Control of Strong-Field Electron Dynamics in Solids

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We review theoretical foundations and some recent progress related to the quest of controlling the motion of charge carriers with intense laser pulses and optical waveforms. The tools and techniques of attosecond science enable detailed investigations of a relatively unexplored regime of nondestructive strong-field effects. Such extremely nonlinear effects may be utilized to steer electron motion with precisely controlled optical fields and switch electric currents at a rate that is far beyond the capabilities of conventional electronics.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge useful discussions with and help from A. Schiffrin and V. Apalkov. We thank the Munich Centre for Advanced Photonics for support. The work of M.I.S. and V.S.Y. was supported primarily by the Chemical Sciences, Biosciences and Geosciences Division (grant no. DEFG02-01ER15213) and additionally by the Materials Sciences and Engineering Division (grant no. DE-FG02-11ER46789) of the Office of the Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, US Department of Energy and by a MURI grant from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany

    Vladislav S. Yakovlev, Stanislav Yu. Kruchinin, Tim Paasch-Colberg & Ferenc Krausz

  2. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Am Coulombwall 1, 85748, Garching, Germany

    Vladislav S. Yakovlev & Ferenc Krausz

  3. Center for Nano-Optics (CeNO) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University (GSU), Atlanta, 30303, GA, USA

    Vladislav S. Yakovlev & Mark I. Stockman

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Yakovlev, V.S., Kruchinin, S.Y., Paasch-Colberg, T., Stockman, M.I., Krausz, F. (2016). Ultrafast Control of Strong-Field Electron Dynamics in Solids. In: Kitzler, M., Gräfe, S. (eds) Ultrafast Dynamics Driven by Intense Light Pulses. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 86. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20173-3_12

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