Colloquium: Physical properties of group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers

S Barraza-Lopez, BM Fregoso, JW Villanova… - Reviews of Modern …, 2021 - APS
The state-of-the-art knowledge of ferroelectric and ferroelastic group-IV monochalcogenide
monolayers is surveyed. These semiconductors feature remarkable structural and …

Quantum battles in attoscience: tunnelling

C Hofmann, A Bray, W Koch, H Ni… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
What is the nature of tunnelling? This yet unanswered question is as pertinent today as it
was at the dawn of quantum mechanics. This article presents a cross section of current …

Theory of subcycle linear momentum transfer in strong-field tunneling ionization

H Ni, S Brennecke, X Gao, PL He, S Donsa… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Interaction of a strong laser pulse with matter transfers not only energy but also linear
momentum of the photons. Recent experimental advances have made it possible to detect …

Vertical ferroelectric switching by in-plane sliding of two-dimensional bilayer WTe2

X Liu, Y Yang, T Hu, G Zhao, C Chen, W Ren - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Based on first-principles calculations, we studied the ferroelectric properties of bilayer 1T′-
WTe2. In this work, we discovered that the polarization stems from uncompensated out-of …

Photoelectron energy peaks shift against the radiation pressure in strong-field ionization

K Lin, S Eckart, A Hartung, D Trabert, K Fehre, J Rist… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The photoelectric effect describes the ejection of an electron upon absorption of one or
several photons. The kinetic energy of this electron is determined by the photon energy …

Realization of semiconducting layered multiferroic heterojunctions via asymmetrical magnetoelectric coupling

B Yang, B Shao, J Wang, Y Li, CY Yam, S Zhang… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting multiferroics that can effectively couple magnetic and
polarization (P) orders have great interest for both fundamental research and technological …

Strong field-induced quantum dynamics in atoms and small molecules

S Eckart - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
High-intensity laser fields can ionize atoms and molecules and also initiate molecular
dissociation. This review is on the recent progress made using experiments that harness the …

From an atomic layer to the bulk: Low-temperature atomistic structure and ferroelectric and electronic properties of SnTe films

TP Kaloni, K Chang, BJ Miller, QK Xue, X Chen, SH Ji… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
SnTe hosts ferroelectricity that competes with its weak nontrivial band topology: in the high-
symmetry rocksalt structure—in which its intrinsic electric dipole is quenched—this material …

Detecting and characterizing the nonadiabaticity of laser-induced quantum tunneling

K Liu, S Luo, M Li, Y Li, Y Feng, B Du, Y Zhou, P Lu… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
The nonadiabaticity of quantum tunneling through an evolving barrier is relevant to resolving
laser-driven dynamics of atoms and molecules at an attosecond timescale. Here, we …

Identification of tunneling and multiphoton ionization in intermediate Keldysh parameter regime

R Wang, Q Zhang, D Li, S Xu, P Cao, Y Zhou, W Cao… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Quantitative identification of tunneling ionization (TI) and multiphoton ionization (MPI) with
Keldysh parameter γ in intermediate regime is of great importance to better understand …