Speaker
Dr
Alberto Castro
(ARAID Foundation, Universidad de Zaragoza)
Description
Optimal control theory (OCT) can be used in combination with non-equilibrium electron dynamics theories, and allows finding optimal Hamiltonian parameters (e.g. pulse shapes), capable of inducing a dynamical behavior of the electronic system that matches a pre-defined objective. In this talk, I present the state-of-the-art in the theoretical and computational efforts in this field: the combination of OCT with time-dependent density-functional theory, the combination of OCT with first-principles molecular dynamics methods, and the application of these concepts to goals such as the ultra-fast photo-dissociation of molecules or the Coulomb explosion of clusters, the manipulation of the high harmonic generation spectra of atoms and molecules, and other possibilities.
