Sub-cycle optical control of current in a semiconductor: from the multiphoton to the tunneling regime

Tim Paasch-Colberg; Stanislav Yu Kruchinin; Ozge Saglam; Stefan Kapser; Stefano Cabrini; Sascha Muehlbrandt; Joachim Reichert; Johannes V. Barth; Ralph Ernstorfer; Reinhard Kienberger; Vladislav S. Yakovlev; Nicholas Karpowicz; Agustin Schiffrin

doi:10.1364/OPTICA.3.001358

Sub-cycle optical control of current in a semiconductor: from the multiphoton to the tunneling regime

Tim Paasch-Colberg, Stanislav Yu Kruchinin, Ozge Saglam, Stefan Kapser, Stefano Cabrini, Sascha Muehlbrandt, Joachim Reichert, Johannes V. Barth, Ralph Ernstorfer, Reinhard Kienberger, Vladislav S. Yakovlev, Nicholas Karpowicz, Agustin Schiffrin

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Abstract

Nonlinear interactions between ultrashort optical waveforms and solids can be used to induce and steer electric currents on femtosecond (fs) timescales, holding promise for electronic signal processing at PHz (10¹⁵ Hz) frequencies [Nature 493, 70 (2013)]. So far, this approach has been limited to insulators, requiring extreme peak electric fields (>1 V/Å) and intensities (>10¹³ W/cm²). Here, we show all-optical generation and control of electric currents in a semiconductor relevant for high-speed and high-power (opto)electronics, gallium nitride (GaN), within an optical cycle and on a timescale shorter than 2 fs, at intensities at least an order of magnitude lower than those required for dielectrics. Our approach opens the door to PHz electronics and metrology, applicable to lowpower (non-amplified) laser pulses, and may lead to future applications in semiconductor and (photonic) integrated circuit technologies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1358-1361
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optica
Volume	3
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.3.001358
Publication status	Published - 20 Dec 2016

Keywords

Coherent optical effects
Femtosecond phenomena
Including semiconductors
Multiphoton processes
Strong-field processes
Ultrafast measurements
Ultrafast processes in condensed matter

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Paasch-Colberg, T., Kruchinin, S. Y., Saglam, O., Kapser, S., Cabrini, S., Muehlbrandt, S., Reichert, J., Barth, J. V., Ernstorfer, R., Kienberger, R., Yakovlev, V. S., Karpowicz, N., & Schiffrin, A. (2016). Sub-cycle optical control of current in a semiconductor: from the multiphoton to the tunneling regime. Optica, 3(12), 1358-1361. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.3.001358

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