An important goal of modern condensed-matter physics involves the search for states of
matter with emergent properties and desirable functionalities. Although the tools for material …

Recent progress in utilizing ultrafast light-matter interaction to control the macroscopic
properties of quantum materials is reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed on photoinduced …

Non-equilibrium topological phenomena can be induced in quantum many-body systems
using time-periodic fields (for example, by laser or microwave illumination). This Review …

Ultrastrong coupling between light and matter has, in the past decade, transitioned from a
theoretical idea to an experimental reality. It is a new regime of quantum light–matter …

Floquet engineering, the control of quantum systems using periodic driving, is an old
concept in condensed matter physics dating back to ideas such as the inverse Faraday …

The past decade has witnessed an explosion in the field of quantum materials, headlined by
the predictions and discoveries of novel Landau-symmetry-broken phases in correlated …

Strong periodic driving with light offers the potential to coherently manipulate the properties
of quantum materials on ultrafast timescales. Recently, strategies have emerged to …

This review addresses the method of explicit calculations of interatomic exchange
interactions of magnetic materials. This involves exchange mechanisms normally referred to …

Counterdiabatic (CD) driving presents a way of generating adiabatic dynamics at an
arbitrary pace, where excitations due to nonadiabaticity are exactly compensated by adding …

We review recent work on low-frequency Floquet engineering and its application to quantum
materials driven by light, focusing on van der Waals systems hosting Moiré superlattices …