Quantum Electrodynamics of Intense Laser-Matter Interactions: A Tool for Quantum State Engineering
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Intense laser-matter interactions are at the center of interest in research and technology since the development of high-power lasers.They have been widely used for fundamental studies in atomic, molecular, and optical physics, and they are at the core of attosecond physics and ultrafast optoelectronics.Although the majority of these studies have been successfully described using classical electromagnetic fields, recent investigations based on fully quantized approaches have shown that intense laser-atom interactions can be used for the generation of controllable high-photon-number entangled coherent states and coherent state superpositions.In this tutorial, we provide a comprehensive fully quantized description of intense laseratom interactions.We elaborate on the processes of high-harmonic generation, above-threshold ionization, and we discuss new phenomena that cannot be revealed within the context of semiclassical theories.We provide the description for conditioning the light field on different electronic processes, and their consequences for quantum state engineering of light.Finally, we discuss the extension of the approach to more complex materials, and the impact to quantum technologies for a new photonic platform composed of the symbiosis of attosecond physics and quantum information science.
Source: PRX Quantum
Institutions: Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, University of Crete, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, ELI-HU Research and Development Non-Profit, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,450
Funders: Centres de Recerca de Catalunya, Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, European Commission, Generalitat de Catalunya, Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Narodowym Centrum Nauki, QuantERA, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, European Regional Development Fund, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, European Social Fund
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