Tunable Tesla-scale magnetic attosecond pulses through ring-current gating

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09654v1
• Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:37:09 GMT
• Title: Tunable Tesla-scale magnetic attosecond pulses through ring-current gating
• Abstract summary: Coherent control over electron dynamics in atoms and molecules using high-intensity circularly-polarized laser pulses gives rise to current loops. We propose and demonstrate schemes to generate direct or alternating-current magnetic pulses in the infrared spectral region. Our work paves the way toward the generation of attosecond magnetic fields to probe ultrafast magnetization, chiral responses, and spin dynamics.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Coherent control over electron dynamics in atoms and molecules using high-intensity circularly-polarized laser pulses gives rise to current loops, resulting in the emission of magnetic fields. We propose and demonstrate with ab-initio calculations ``current-gating" schemes to generate direct or alternating-current magnetic pulses in the infrared spectral region, with highly tunable waveform and frequency, and showing femtosecond-to-attosecond pulse duration. In optimal conditions, the magnetic pulse can be highly isolated from the driving laser and exhibits a high flux density ($\sim1$ Tesla at few hundred nanometers from the source, with a pulse duration of 787 attoseconds) for application in forefront experiments of ultrafast spectroscopy. Our work paves the way toward the generation of attosecond magnetic fields to probe ultrafast magnetization, chiral responses, and spin dynamics.

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