Colloquium: Nonthermal pathways to ultrafast control in quantum materials

A De La Torre, DM Kennes, M Claassen, S Gerber… - Reviews of Modern …, 2021 - APS
Recent progress in utilizing ultrafast light-matter interaction to control the macroscopic
properties of quantum materials is reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed on photoinduced …

Strongly correlated electron–photon systems

J Bloch, A Cavalleri, V Galitski, M Hafezi, A Rubio - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

Light-induced anomalous Hall effect in graphene

JW McIver, B Schulte, FU Stein, T Matsuyama, G Jotzu… - Nature physics, 2020 - nature.com
Many non-equilibrium phenomena have been discovered or predicted in optically driven
quantum solids. Examples include light-induced superconductivity, and Floquet-engineered …

Light-induced emergent phenomena in 2D materials and topological materials

C Bao, P Tang, D Sun, S Zhou - Nature Reviews Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Light–matter interaction in 2D and topological materials provides a fascinating control knob
for inducing emergent, non-equilibrium properties and achieving new functionalities in the …

Towards properties on demand in quantum materials

DN Basov, RD Averitt, D Hsieh - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
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 …

Ultrafast electron diffraction: Visualizing dynamic states of matter

D Filippetto, P Musumeci, RK Li, BJ Siwick… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - APS
Since the discovery of electron-wave duality, electron scattering instrumentation has
developed into a powerful array of techniques for revealing the atomic structure of matter …

Laser‐driven strong‐field terahertz sources

JA Fülöp, S Tzortzakis… - Advanced Optical Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A review on the recent development of intense laser‐driven terahertz (THz) sources is
provided here. The technologies discussed include various types of sources based on …

Emergent functions of quantum materials

Y Tokura, M Kawasaki, N Nagaosa - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
Materials can harbour quantum many-body systems, most typically in the form of strongly
correlated electrons in solids, that lead to novel and remarkable functions thanks to …

Quantum many-body simulations on digital quantum computers: State-of-the-art and future challenges

B Fauseweh - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Simulating quantum many-body systems is a key application for emerging quantum
processors. While analog quantum simulation has already demonstrated quantum …

Build-up and dephasing of Floquet–Bloch bands on subcycle timescales

S Ito, M Schüler, M Meierhofer, S Schlauderer… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Strong light fields have created opportunities to tailor novel functionalities of solids,,,–.
Floquet–Bloch states can form under periodic driving of electrons and enable exotic …