Speaker
Dr.
Carlos Hernandez-Garcia
(University of Salamanca)
Description
Harnessing topological light properties paves the way towards new degrees of freedom for the observation and control of nature at extreme spatio-temporal scales. The specific spatio-temporal properties of vortex and vector beams present unique applications in fields such as quantum optics, micromanipulation, super-resolution imaging, optical communications and spectroscopy. In this contribution we report our theoretical and experimental achievements in the generation of extreme-ultraviolet (EUV)/soft x-ray vortices and vector beams through the nonlinear process of high harmonic generation. Our findings report the generation, for the first time, of these singular beams in the EUV domain, with potential extension to the soft x-rays, opening the route for the next generation of time.resolved x-ray applications at the nanometer scale.
Primary author
Dr.
Carlos Hernandez-Garcia
(University of Salamanca)
