Attosecond-resolved quantum fluctuations of light and matter

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18362v1
• Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:17:01 GMT
• Title: Attosecond-resolved quantum fluctuations of light and matter
• Authors: Matan Even Tzur, Chen Mor, Noa Yaffe, Michael Birk, Andrei Rasputnyi, Omer Kneller, Ido Nisim, Ido Kaminer, Maria Chekhova, Michael Krueger, Misha Ivanov, Nirit Dudovich, Oren Cohen,
• Abstract summary: We transfer concepts of quantum optics into attosecond physics.<n>We reconstruct the quantum state of the XUV high harmonics and their associated attosecond pulses with attosecond precision.<n>The ability to measure and control quantum correlations in both electrons and XUV attosecond pulses establishes a foundation for attosecond quantum electrodynamics.
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• Abstract: Until recently, attosecond optical spectroscopy and quantum optics evolved along non-overlapping directions. In attosecond science, attosecond pulses have been regarded as classical waves, applied to probe electron dynamics on their natural time scale. Here, we transfer fundamental concepts of quantum optics into attosecond physics, enabling control of both the properties of the XUV attosecond pulses and the quantum fluctuations of matter on attosecond time scales. By combining bright squeezed vacuum (BSV) with a strong laser field to drive high-harmonic generation, we transfer the quantum properties of the BSV onto the resulting XUV attosecond pulses. Applying advanced attosecond interferometry, we reconstruct the quantum state of the XUV high harmonics and their associated attosecond pulses with attosecond precision. Finally, we resolve the squeezing of the electron's wavepacket during one of the most fundamental strong-field phenomena - field induced tunneling. The ability to measure and control quantum correlations in both electrons and XUV attosecond pulses establishes a foundation for attosecond quantum electrodynamics, manipulating the quantum state of electrons and photons with sub-cycle precision.

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