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第46回光分子科学フォーラム

演 題 「Ultrafast coherent transfer of angular momentum by tuning the envelope of a light pulse」
日 時 2013年02月08日(金) 11:00
講演者 樋口 卓也(東京大学理学系研究科物理学専攻 特任研究員)
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分子科学研究所 研究棟2階 201セミナー室

概 要

In this Presentation, we discuss a general approach to control low-energy rotational excitations by impulsive stimulated Raman scattering (ISRS). ISRS is free from thermalization, because the scattered light carries away the excess energy. For such process, a femtosecond pulse is often employed for its broadband spectrum that covers the needed frequencies in a single pulse. However, a design for a continuous spectrum in nonlinear process usually imposes a complex analysis of the electromagnetic and material parameters. Here, we theoretically show that the temporal trajectory of the envelope of electromagnetic-field vector enables us to intuitively interpret ISRS experiments and to optimize the controlling laser pulse. To describe the envelope of a light pulse, we introduce instantaneous Stokes parameters (ISP) under the slowly varying envelope approximation.
Envelope helicity is defined for the Fourier components of the ISPs, and this determines the change of angular momentum via ISRS.

Two experimental demonstrations will be presented. One is the manipulation of magnetization as a vector in an antiferromagnet, NiO.
The other is polarization pulse shaping of terahertz waves, i.e.
controlling the timing and direction of the electromagnetic field within a terahertz pulse.

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