Coherent control of correlated electron systems with ionizing light fields (A02)

• Subject Area: Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
• Term: from 2011 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 170620586

Laser-induced quantum correlations in molecular building blocks of graphene are characterized with pulse pairs covering the UV to soft X-ray spectrum. The settable phase delay reveals the electronic response with attosecond precision. This opens new vistas for dynamic control, because driven many-body states can be strongly coupled far from equilibrium. Together with projects B5, C1 and C7, light phase control will help unravelling the mystery of light-driven correlated quantum systems and provides protocols to steer charge rearrangements on the nanoscale in collaboration with projects A1-A7 and B8.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 925: Light Induced Dynamics and Control of Correlated Quantum Systems
• Applicant Institution: Universität Hamburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Markus Drescher; Privatdozent Dr. Tim Laarmann