Structured Light at the Extreme: Harnessing Spatiotemporal Control for High-Field Laser-Matter Interactions
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| author | Carbajo, Sergio Bahk, Seung-Whan Baker, Justin Bertozzi, Andrea Borthakur, Abhimanyu Di Piazza, Antonino Forbes, Andrew Gessner, Spencer Hirschman, Jack Lewenstein, Maciej Li, Yuhang Nam, Inhyuk Otte, Eileen Rozensweig, James Shen, Yijie Song, Liwei Tian, Ye Wang, Yu Wang, Yuntian Wright, Logan Wu, Xiaojun Zhang, Hao |
| author_facet | Carbajo, Sergio Bahk, Seung-Whan Baker, Justin Bertozzi, Andrea Borthakur, Abhimanyu Di Piazza, Antonino Forbes, Andrew Gessner, Spencer Hirschman, Jack Lewenstein, Maciej Li, Yuhang Nam, Inhyuk Otte, Eileen Rozensweig, James Shen, Yijie Song, Liwei Tian, Ye Wang, Yu Wang, Yuntian Wright, Logan Wu, Xiaojun Zhang, Hao |
| contents | This review charts the emerging paradigm of intelligent structured light for high-field laser-matter interactions, where the precise spatiotemporal and vectorial control of light is a critical degree of freedom. We outline a transformative framework built upon three synergistic pillars. First, we survey the advanced electromagnetic toolkit, moving beyond conventional spatial light modulators to include robust static optics and the promising frontier of plasma light modulators. Second, we detail the optimization engine for this high-dimensional design space, focusing on physics-informed digital twins and AI-driven inverse design to automate the discovery of optimal light structures. Finally, we explore the groundbreaking applications enabled by this integrated approach, including programmable electron beams, orbital-angular-momentum-carrying γ-rays, compact THz accelerators, and robust communications. The path forward necessitates overcoming grand challenges in material science, real-time adaptive control at MHz rates, and the extension of these principles to the quantum realm. This review serves as a call to action for a coordinated, interdisciplinary effort to command, rather than merely observe, light-matter interactions at the extreme. |
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| spellingShingle | Structured Light at the Extreme: Harnessing Spatiotemporal Control for High-Field Laser-Matter Interactions Carbajo, Sergio Bahk, Seung-Whan Baker, Justin Bertozzi, Andrea Borthakur, Abhimanyu Di Piazza, Antonino Forbes, Andrew Gessner, Spencer Hirschman, Jack Lewenstein, Maciej Li, Yuhang Nam, Inhyuk Otte, Eileen Rozensweig, James Shen, Yijie Song, Liwei Tian, Ye Wang, Yu Wang, Yuntian Wright, Logan Wu, Xiaojun Zhang, Hao Optics Mathematical Physics Computational Physics This review charts the emerging paradigm of intelligent structured light for high-field laser-matter interactions, where the precise spatiotemporal and vectorial control of light is a critical degree of freedom. We outline a transformative framework built upon three synergistic pillars. First, we survey the advanced electromagnetic toolkit, moving beyond conventional spatial light modulators to include robust static optics and the promising frontier of plasma light modulators. Second, we detail the optimization engine for this high-dimensional design space, focusing on physics-informed digital twins and AI-driven inverse design to automate the discovery of optimal light structures. Finally, we explore the groundbreaking applications enabled by this integrated approach, including programmable electron beams, orbital-angular-momentum-carrying γ-rays, compact THz accelerators, and robust communications. The path forward necessitates overcoming grand challenges in material science, real-time adaptive control at MHz rates, and the extension of these principles to the quantum realm. This review serves as a call to action for a coordinated, interdisciplinary effort to command, rather than merely observe, light-matter interactions at the extreme. |
| title | Structured Light at the Extreme: Harnessing Spatiotemporal Control for High-Field Laser-Matter Interactions |
| topic | Optics Mathematical Physics Computational Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05042 |