Strong-field quantum control in the extreme ultraviolet domain using pulse shaping

Richter, Fabian; Saalmann, Ulf; Allaria, Enrico; Wollenhaupt, Matthias; Ardini, Benedetto; Brynes, Alexander; Callegari, Carlo; Cerullo, Giulio; Danailov, Miltcho; Demidovich, Alexander; Dulitz, Katrin; Feifel, Raimund; Fraia, Michele Di; Ganeshamandiram, Sarang Dev; Giannessi, Luca; Gölz, Nicolai; Hartweg, Sebastian; von Issendorff, Bernd; Laarmann, Tim; Landmesser, Friedemann; Li, Yilin; Manfredda, Michele; Manzoni, Cristian; Michelbach, Moritz; Morlok, Arne; Mudrich, Marcel; Ngai, Aaron; Nikolov, Ivaylo; Pal, Nitish; Pannek, Fabian; Penco, Giuseppe; Plekan, Oksana; Prince, Kevin C.; Sansone, Giuseppe; Simoncig, Alberto; Stienkemeier, Frank; Squibb, Richard James; Susnjar, Peter; Trovo, Mauro; Uhl, Daniel; Wouterlood, Brendan; Zangrando, Marco; Bruder, Lukas

Strong-field quantum control in the extreme ultraviolet domain using pulse shaping

Fabian Richter, Ulf Saalmann, Enrico Allaria, Matthias Wollenhaupt, Benedetto Ardini, Alexander Brynes, Carlo Callegari, Giulio Cerullo, Miltcho Danailov, Alexander Demidovich, Katrin Dulitz, Raimund Feifel, Michele Di Fraia, Sarang Dev Ganeshamandiram, Luca Giannessi, Nicolai Gölz, Sebastian Hartweg, Bernd von Issendorff, Tim Laarmann, Friedemann Landmesser, Yilin Li, Michele Manfredda, Cristian Manzoni, Moritz Michelbach, Arne Morlok, Marcel Mudrich, Aaron Ngai, Ivaylo Nikolov, Nitish Pal, Fabian Pannek, Giuseppe Penco, Oksana Plekan, Kevin C. Prince, Giuseppe Sansone, Alberto Simoncig, Frank Stienkemeier, Richard James Squibb, Peter Susnjar, Mauro Trovo, Daniel Uhl, Brendan Wouterlood, Marco Zangrando and Lukas Bruder ()
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Fabian Richter: University of Freiburg
Ulf Saalmann: Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
Enrico Allaria: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Matthias Wollenhaupt: University of Oldenburg
Benedetto Ardini: IFN-CNR
Alexander Brynes: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Carlo Callegari: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Giulio Cerullo: IFN-CNR
Miltcho Danailov: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Alexander Demidovich: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Katrin Dulitz: Universität Innsbruck
Raimund Feifel: University of Gothenburg
Michele Di Fraia: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Sarang Dev Ganeshamandiram: University of Freiburg
Luca Giannessi: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Nicolai Gölz: University of Freiburg
Sebastian Hartweg: University of Freiburg
Bernd von Issendorff: University of Freiburg
Tim Laarmann: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Friedemann Landmesser: University of Freiburg
Yilin Li: University of Freiburg
Michele Manfredda: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Cristian Manzoni: IFN-CNR
Moritz Michelbach: University of Freiburg
Arne Morlok: University of Freiburg
Marcel Mudrich: Aarhus University
Aaron Ngai: University of Freiburg
Ivaylo Nikolov: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Nitish Pal: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Fabian Pannek: University of Hamburg
Giuseppe Penco: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Oksana Plekan: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Kevin C. Prince: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Giuseppe Sansone: University of Freiburg
Alberto Simoncig: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Frank Stienkemeier: University of Freiburg
Richard James Squibb: University of Gothenburg
Peter Susnjar: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Mauro Trovo: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Daniel Uhl: University of Freiburg
Brendan Wouterlood: University of Freiburg
Marco Zangrando: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Lukas Bruder: University of Freiburg

Nature, 2024, vol. 636, issue 8042, 337-341

Abstract: Abstract Tailored light–matter interactions in the strong coupling regime enable the manipulation and control of quantum systems with up to unit efficiency1,2, with applications ranging from quantum information to photochemistry3–7. Although strong light–matter interactions are readily induced at the valence electron level using long-wavelength radiation8, comparable phenomena have been only recently observed with short wavelengths, accessing highly excited multi-electron and inner-shell electron states9,10. However, the quantum control of strong-field processes at short wavelengths has not been possible, so far, because of the lack of pulse-shaping technologies in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) and X-ray domain. Here, exploiting pulse shaping of the seeded free-electron laser (FEL) FERMI, we demonstrate the strong-field quantum control of ultrafast Rabi dynamics in helium atoms with high fidelity. Our approach reveals a strong dressing of the ionization continuum, otherwise elusive to experimental observables. The latter is exploited to achieve control of the total ionization rate, with prospective applications in many XUV and soft X-ray experiments. Leveraging recent advances in intense few-femtosecond to attosecond XUV to soft X-ray light sources, our results open an avenue to the efficient manipulation and selective control of core electron processes and electron correlation phenomena in real time.

Date: 2024
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