Creation of New Quantum Optical Technology by Controlling Electric-field Waveform of Optical Pulses with an Extremely Short Duration

Research Project Outline

The goal of our project is to realize, 1) generation of sub-100- attosecond X-ray pulses utilizing high-harmonic-generation signals from noble gases, 2) generation of sub-femtosecond optical pulses in the near-infrared, the visible, and the nearultraviolet region by using higher-order Raman signals from quantum solids at room temperature or induced-phase-modulation phenomenon in inner-wall-coated hollow fibers filled with noble gases, 3) reversible and selective control of gene-expression- signature by laser-field as an application of quantum- state-control method to the optical response of DNA. We will perform these researches by making full use of the control technique of electric- field waveform of a 2.8-fs clean and single (almost mono-cycle) optical pulse in the near-infrared to the visible region, the duration of which is the shortest in the world.

Research Director
MikioYamashita
Affiliation
Specially Appointed Professor, Hokkaido University
Research Started
2005
Status
ongoing
Research Area
Photonics and Quantum Optics for the Creation of Innovative Functions
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