  The coupling of laser light to matter can exert sub-cycle coherent control
over material properties, with optically induced currents and magnetism shown
to be controllable on ultrafast femtosecond time scales. Here, by employing
laser light consisting of both linear and circular pulses, we show that charge
of specified spin and crystal momentum can be created with precision throughout
the first Brillouin zone. Our hybrid pulses induce in a controlled way both
adiabatic intraband motion as well as vertical interband excitation between
valence and conduction bands, and require only a gapped spin split valley
structure for their implementation. This scenario is commonly found in the 2d
semi-conductors, and we demonstrate our approach with monolayer WSe$_2$. We
thus establish a route from laser light to local control over excitations in
reciprocal space, opening the way to the preparation of momenta specified
excited states at ultrafast time scales.

Optics;Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;Materials Science;Quantum Physics