The 2021 ultrafast spectroscopic probes of condensed matter roadmap

J Lloyd-Hughes, PM Oppeneer… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In the 60 years since the invention of the laser, the scientific community has developed
numerous fields of research based on these bright, coherent light sources, including the …

Extreme ultraviolet transient gratings

F Bencivenga, F Capotondi, L Foglia… - … in Physics: X, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The recent construction of free electron lasers allows extending laboratory-based laser
experiments to shorter wavelengths, accessing wavevectors typical of nanoscale dynamics …

Water Splitting with a Single-Atom Cu/TiO2 Photocatalyst: Atomistic Origin of High Efficiency and Proposed Enhancement by Spin Selection

C Cheng, WH Fang, R Long, OV Prezhdo - JACS au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Anatase TiO2 is an intensely investigated photocatalytic material due to its abundance and
chemical stability. However, it suffers from weak light harvesting and low photocatalytic …

Laser-induced terahertz spin transport in magnetic nanostructures arises from the same force as ultrafast demagnetization

R Rouzegar, L Brandt, L Nádvorník, DA Reiss… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Laser-induced terahertz spin transport (TST) and ultrafast demagnetization (UDM) are
central but so far disconnected phenomena in femtomagnetism and terahertz spintronics …

Ultrafast Laser Pulse Induced Transient Ferrimagnetic State and Spin Relaxation Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnets

J He, S Li, T Frauenheim, Z Zhou - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
We employ real-time time-dependent density functional theory (rt-TDDFT) and ab initio
nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) to systematically investigate the ultrafast laser …

Attosecond magnetization dynamics in non-magnetic materials driven by intense femtosecond lasers

O Neufeld, N Tancogne-Dejean… - npj Computational …, 2023 - nature.com
Irradiating solids with ultrashort laser pulses is known to initiate femtosecond timescale
magnetization dynamics. However, sub-femtosecond spin dynamics have not yet been …

Unravelling photoinduced interlayer spin transfer dynamics in two-dimensional nonmagnetic-ferromagnetic van der Waals heterostructures

J He, S Li, A Bandyopadhyay, T Frauenheim - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Although light is the fastest means to manipulate the interfacial spin injection and magnetic
proximity related quantum properties of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic van der Waals …

Ultrafast spin transfer and its impact on the electronic structure

K Bobowski, X Zheng, B Frietsch, D Lawrenz… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Optically induced intersite spin transfer (OISTR) promises manipulation of spin systems
within the ultimate time limit of laser excitation. Following its prediction, signatures of ultrafast …

Ultrafast high-harmonic nanoscopy of magnetization dynamics

S Zayko, O Kfir, M Heigl, M Lohmann, M Sivis… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Light-induced magnetization changes, such as all-optical switching, skyrmion nucleation,
and intersite spin transfer, unfold on temporal and spatial scales down to femtoseconds and …

Ultrafast light-induced ferromagnetic state in transition metal dichalcogenides monolayers

J He, S Li, L Zhou, T Frauenheim - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ultrafast optical control of magnetism had great potential to revolutionize magnetic storage
technology and spintronics, but for now, its potential remains mostly untapped in two …