Quantum control of molecular rotation

CP Koch, M Lemeshko, D Sugny - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
The angular momentum of molecules, or, equivalently, their rotation in three-dimensional
space, is ideally suited for quantum control. Molecular angular momentum is naturally …

Attosecond molecular dynamics: fact or fiction?

F Lépine, MY Ivanov, MJJ Vrakking - Nature Photonics, 2014 - nature.com
The emerging application of attosecond techniques to molecular systems allows the role of
electronic coherence in the control of chemical reactions to be investigated. Prompt …

Measurement and laser control of attosecond charge migration in ionized iodoacetylene

PM Kraus, B Mignolet, D Baykusheva, A Rupenyan… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The ultrafast motion of electrons and holes after light-matter interaction is fundamental to a
broad range of chemical and biophysical processes. We advanced high-harmonic …

Attosecond imaging of molecules using high harmonic spectroscopy

P Peng, C Marceau, DM Villeneuve - Nature Reviews Physics, 2019 - nature.com
The availability of attosecond-duration extreme ultraviolet or soft X-ray light sources has
opened up new fields of research in atomic and molecular physics. These pulses can be as …

Bicircular high-harmonic spectroscopy reveals dynamical symmetries of atoms and molecules

D Baykusheva, MS Ahsan, N Lin, HJ Wörner - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We introduce bicircular high-harmonic spectroscopy as a new method to probe dynamical
symmetries of atoms and molecules and their evolution in time. Our approach is based on …

Toward complete all-optical intensity modulation of high-harmonic generation from solids

PJ van Essen, Z Nie, B de Keijzer, PM Kraus - ACS photonics, 2024 - ACS Publications
Optical modulation of high-harmonics generation in solids enables the detection of material
properties, such as the band structure, and promising new applications, such as super …

Attosecond probing of nuclear dynamics with trajectory-resolved high-harmonic spectroscopy

P Lan, M Ruhmann, L He, C Zhai, F Wang, X Zhu… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We report attosecond-scale probing of the laser-induced dynamics in molecules. We apply
the method of high-harmonic spectroscopy, where laser-driven recolliding electrons on …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring ultrafast vibrational dynamics of isotopic molecules with frequency modulation of high-order harmonics

L He, Q Zhang, P Lan, W Cao, X Zhu, C Zhai… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Molecules constituted by different isotopes are different in vibrational modes, making it
possible to elucidate the mechanism of a chemical reaction via the kinetic isotope effect …

Atomic delay in helium, neon, argon and krypton

C Palatchi, JM Dahlström, AS Kheifets… - Journal of Physics B …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Photoionization by an eXtreme UltraViolet (XUV) attosecond pulse train (APT) in the
presence of an infrared pulse (RABBITT method) conveys information about the atomic …

Selection rules of high-order-harmonic generation: Symmetries of molecules and laser fields

X Liu, X Zhu, L Li, Y Li, Q Zhang, P Lan, P Lu - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
The selection rules of high harmonic generation (HHG) are investigated using three-
dimensional time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). From the harmonic spectra …