When solids are exposed to intense laser fields whose forces are comparable to the binding
forces of valence electrons in crystals, nonlinear optics of solids advances to the …

Advances in attosecond science have led to a wealth of important discoveries in atomic,
molecular, and solid-state physics and are progressively directing their footsteps toward …

Attosecond science capitalizes on the extreme nonlinearity of strong fields—driven by few-
cycle pulses—to attain attosecond temporal resolution and give access to the electron …

Contemporary ultrafast science requires reliable sources of high-energy few-cycle light
pulses. Currently two methods are capable of generating such pulses: post compression of …

Valence electrons contribute a small fraction of the total electron density of materials, but
they determine their essential chemical, electronic and optical properties. Strong laser fields …

Optical soliton dynamics can cause extreme alteration of the temporal and spectral shape of
a propagating light pulse. This occurs at up to kilowatt peak powers in glass-core optical …

Recently two emerging areas of research, attosecond and nanoscale physics, have started
to come together. Attosecond physics deals with phenomena occurring when ultrashort laser …

A review is presented of recent works on optical unipolar pulses, whose electric area
(integral of the electric field strength over time) is nonzero, which determines the …

The frequency of electric currents associated with charge carriers moving in the electronic
bands of solids determines the speed limit of electronics and thereby that of information and …

Ultrafast lasers reaching extremely high powers within short fractions of time enable a
plethora of applications. They grant advanced material processing capabilities, are effective …