Attosecond physics is certainly among the hottest research fields in optics but progressively also in modern condensed matter physics and material research. Although still in its infancy, the attosecond concepts originally developed for atomic systems are gradually transferred to the condensed phase with high potential for both fundamental physical research as well as practical applications. The aim of this suggested thesis is theoretical study of interaction mechanisms of ultrastrong few-cycle light pulses with controlled carrier-envelope phase with novel types of materials such as 2-dimensional van der Waals materials (single layered, heterolayers, twisted layers etc.) or bulk topological materials. This plan will be strongly supported by experimental data coming out from the group of doc. Martin Kozák, who has recently established a new laboratory devoted exactly to this topic. The first experiments on 2D materials have already been done in his group in past few years with their theoretical interpretation carried out in collaboration with doc. Novotný and dr. Slobodeniuk from the condensed matter theory group and resulting in several joint papers in high-impact journals. For doc. Novotný this topic is rather new, but strategic one and the whole team composed of dr. Slobodeniuk, doc. Novotný, and part of doc. Kozák’s experimental group keep on working together also in the framework of joint grants of the Czech Science Foundation. It’s realistic to expect that this research topic will become one of the dominant ones in doc. Novotný’s group for at least next several years covering the span of a Ph.D. study, which will give the potential student ideal working conditions. The exact research problems from the wide field of attosecond physics will be operatively chosen based on actual situation in this very dynamically evolving branch of condensed matter research.
