Selected publications

2021

T1-P-2020.01
Sub-cycle valleytronics: control of valley polarization using few-cycle linearly polarized pulses

Á. Jiménez Galán, R.E.F. Silva, O. Smirnova, M. Y. Ivanov

Optica 8 (2021) 277-280

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T2-P-2020.05
In situ generation of high-energy spin-polarized electrons in a beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator

Z. Nie, F. Li, F. Morales, S. Patchkovskii, O. Smirnova, W. An, N. Nambu, D. Matteo, K. A. Marsh, F. Tsung, W. B. Mori, C. Joshi

Physical Review Letters 126 (2021) 054801/1-6

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T2-P-2020.07
Enantio-sensitive unidirectional light bending

D. Ayuso, A. Ordonez, P. Decleva, M. Ivanov, O. Smirnova

Nature Communications 12 (2021) 3951/1-9

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2020

T2-P-2019.13
Spatial molecular interferometry via multidimensional high harmonic spectroscopy

A. J. Uzan, H. Soifer, O. Pedatzur, A. Clergerie, S. Larroque, B. Bruner, B. Pons, M. Ivanov, O. Smirnova, N. Dudovich

Nature Photonics 14 (2020) 188-194

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T1-P-2020.02
Attosecond spectral singularities in solid-state high-harmonic generation

A. J. Uzan, G. Orenstein, Á. Jiménez-Galán, C. McDonald, R. E. F. Silva, B. D. Bruner, N. D. Klimkin, V. Blanchet, T. Arusi-Parpar, M. Krüger, A. N. Rubtsov, O. Smirnova, M. Y. Ivanov, B. Yan, T. Brabec, N. Dudovich

Nature Photonics 14 (2020) 183–187

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T1-P-2020.07
Rotational quantum beat lasing without inversion

M. Richter, M. Lytova, F. Morales, S. Haessler, O. Smirnova, M. Spanner, M. Y. Ivanov

Optica 7 (2020) 586-592

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T1-P-2020.21
Lightwave control of topological properties in 2D materials for sub-cycle and non-resonant valley manipulation

Á. Jiménez-Galán, R. E. F. Silva, O. Smirnova, M. Y. Ivanov

Nature Photonics 14 (2020) 728/1-7

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2019

T2-P-2019.06
Synthetic chiral light for efficient control of chiral light–matter interaction

D. Ayuso, O. Neufeld, A. F. Ordonez, P. Decleva, G. Lerner, O. Cohen, M. Ivanov, O. Smirnova

Nature Photonics 13 (2019) 866-871

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T2-P-2018.21
Ultrasensitive chiral spectroscopy by dynamical symmetry breaking in high harmonic generation

O. Neufeld, D. Ayuso, P. Decleva, M. Y. Ivanov, O. Smirnova, O. Cohen

Physical Review X 9 (2019) 031002/1-15

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T2-P-2018.23
viewpoint on Challenges and opportunities in attosecond and XFEL science

E. Lindroth, F. Calegari, L. Young, M. Harmand, N. Dudovich, N. Berrah, O. Smirnova

Nature Reviews Physics 1 (2019) 107-111

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T1-P-2019.14
Topological strong-field physics on sub-laser-cycle timescale

R. E. F. Silva, Á. Jiménez-Galán, B. Amorim, O. Smirnova, M. Y. Ivanov

Nature Photonics 13 (2019) 849-854

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2018

T2-P-2017.13
Chiral dichroism in bi-elliptical high-order harmonic generation

D. Ayuso, P. Decleva, S. Patchkovskii, O. Smirnova

Journal of Physics B-Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 51 (2018) 06LT01/1-7

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T2-P-2018.02
Amplification of intense light fields by nearly free electrons

M. Matthews, F. Morales, A. Patas, A. Lindinger, J. Gateau, N. Berti, S. Hermelin, J. Kasparian, M. Richter, T. Bredtmann, O. Smirnova, J.-P. Wolf, M. Ivanov

Nature Physics 14 (2018) 695–700

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T2-P-2018.01
Ultrafast preparation and detection of ring currents in single atoms

S. Eckart , M. Kunitski, M. Richter, A. Hartung, J. Rist, F. Trinter, K. Fehre, N. Schlott, K. Henrichs, L. Ph. H. Schmidt, T. Jahnke, M. Schöffler, Kunlong Liu, I. Barth, J. Kaushal, F. Morales, M. Ivanov, O. Smirnova, R. Dörner   

Nature Physics 14 (2018) 701–704

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T2-P-2017.21
Photoexcitation circular dichroism in chiral molecules

S. Beaulieu, A. Comby, D. Descamps, B. Fabre, G. A. Garcia, R. Géneaux, A. G. Harvey, F. Légaré, Z. Mašín, L. Nahon, A. F. Ordonez, S. Petit, B. Pons, Y. Mairesse, O. Smirnova, V. Blanchet

Nature Physics 14 (2018) 484-489

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T1-P-2018.03
Attosecond recorder of the polarization state of light

Jiménez Galán, Á., G. Dixit, S. Patchkovskii, O. Smirnova, F. Morales, M. Ivanov

Nature Communications 9 (2018) 850/1-6

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T1-P-2018.06
High-harmonic spectroscopy of ultrafast many-body dynamics in strongly correlated systems

R. E. F. Silva, I. V. Blinov, A. N. Rubtsov, O. Smirnova, M. Ivanov

Nature Photonics 12 (2018) 266–270

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2016

T2-P-2016.01
Electron spin polarization in strong-field ionization of xenon atoms

A. Hartung, F. Morales, M. Kunitski, K. Henrichs, A. Laucke, M. Richter, T. Jahnke, A. Kalinin, M. Schöffler, L. Ph. H. Schmidt, M. Ivanov, O. Smirnova, R. Dörner

Nature Photonics 10 (2016) 526-528

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2015

B2-P-2015.05
Interpreting attoclock measurements of tunnelling times

L. Torlina, F. Morales, J. Kaushal, I. Ivanov, A. Kheifets, A. Zielinski, A. Scrinzi, H. G. Muller, S. Sukiasyan, M. Ivanov, O. Smirnova

Nature Physics 11 (2015) 503-508

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B2-P-2015.07
Attosecond Tunneling Interferometry

O. Pedatzur, G. Orenstein, V. Serbinenko, H. Soifer, B. Bruner, A. Uzan, D. Brambila, A. Harvey, L. Torlina, F. Morales, O. Smirnova, N. Dudovich

Nature Physics 11 (2015) 815–819

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B2-P-2015.12
Probing molecular chirality on a sub-femtosecond timescale

R. Cireasa, A. E. Boguslavskiy, B. Pons, M. C. H. Wong, D. Descamps, S. Petit, H. Ruf, N. Thire, A. Ferre, J. Suarez, J. Higuet, B. E. Schmidt, A.F. Alharbi, F. Legare, V. Blanchet, B. Fabre, S. Patchkovskii, O. Smirnova, Y. Mairesse, V. R. Bhardwaj

Nature Physics 11 (2015) 654-658

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