Advancing Attosecond Solid State Physics Towards Petahertz Electronics

Abstract

Over the last 15 years, attosecond physics has offered the possibility of observing the action dynamics of electronic wave packets in atoms and molecules. In this proposal, the PI and team propose to push attosecond science to investigate coherent electronics in solids on the sub-femtosecond-to-few-femtosecond time scale with attosecond temporal resolution. The proposed research will allow to access nonlinear effects enabled by few cycle laser fields ultimately hinting towards optoelectronic modulation at multi-terahertz to petahertz frequencies. The proposal aims at developing attosecond technology towards reaching petahertz electronics, using attosecond light pulses and intense few-femtosecond near-infrared laser pulses.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Apr 08, 2016
Source ID
FA95501610073

Entities

People

  • Ferenc Krausz

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Max Planck Society
  • United States Air Force

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics