Attosecond spectroscopy for the investigation of ultrafast dynamics in atomic, molecular and solid-state physics

R Borrego-Varillas, M Lucchini… - Reports on Progress in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Since the first demonstration of the generation of attosecond pulses (1 as= 10− 18 s) in the
extreme-ultraviolet spectral region, several measurement techniques have been introduced …

Field-driven attosecond charge dynamics in germanium

G Inzani, L Adamska, A Eskandari-asl, N Di Palo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The possibility to excite and control charges in matter on ultrafast timescales is a key
requisite to overcome the current limits of information transfer and data processing. The …

[HTML][HTML] Mercury chalcogenide colloidal quantum dots for infrared photodetectors

Q Hao, H Ma, X Xing, X Tang, Z Wei, X Zhao, M Chen - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, mercury chalcogenide colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) have attracted
widespread research interest due to their unique electronic structure and optical properties …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the intertwined atomic and bulk nature of localised excitons by attosecond spectroscopy

M Lucchini, SA Sato, GD Lucarelli, B Moio… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The electro-optical properties of most semiconductors and insulators of technological
interest are dominated by the presence of electron-hole quasi-particles, called excitons. The …

Attosecond screening dynamics mediated by electron localization in transition metals

M Volkov, SA Sato, F Schlaepfer, L Kasmi… - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Transition metals, with their densely confined and strongly coupled valence electrons, are
key constituents of many materials with unconventional properties, such as high …

High-order harmonic generation in graphene: Nonlinear coupling of intraband and interband transitions

SA Sato, H Hirori, Y Sanari, Y Kanemitsu, A Rubio - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We investigate high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in graphene with a quantum master
equation approach. The simulations reproduce the observed enhancement in HHG in …

Electronic coherence and coherent dephasing in the optical control of electrons in graphene

C Heide, T Eckstein, T Boolakee, C Gerner… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electronic coherence is of utmost importance for the access and control of quantum-
mechanical solid-state properties. Using a purely electronic observable, the photocurrent …

Enhanced high-order harmonic generation in semiconductors by excitation with multicolor pulses

X Song, S Yang, R Zuo, T Meier, W Yang - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We investigate high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in ZnO driven by linearly polarized
multicolor pulses. It is shown that the intensities of the harmonics in the plateau region can …

Interaction of carrier envelope phase-stable laser pulses with graphene: the transition from the weak-field to the strong-field regime

C Heide, T Boolakee, T Higuchi, HB Weber… - New Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrafast control of electron dynamics in solid state systems has recently found particular
attention. By increasing the electric field strength of laser pulses, the light–matter interaction …

[HTML][HTML] Mid-IR intraband photodetectors with colloidal quantum dots

X Zhao, G Mu, X Tang, M Chen - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we investigate an intraband mid-infrared photodetector based on HgSe
colloidal quantum dots (CQDs). We study the size, absorption spectra, and carrier mobility of …