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 …

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 …

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 …

Engineering crystal structures with light

AS Disa, TF Nova, A Cavalleri - Nature Physics, 2021‏ - nature.com
The crystal structure of a solid largely dictates its electronic, optical and mechanical
properties. Indeed, much of the exploration of quantum materials in recent years including …

Photo-induced high-temperature ferromagnetism in YTiO3

AS Disa, J Curtis, M Fechner, A Liu, A Von Hoegen… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
In quantum materials, degeneracies and frustrated interactions can have a profound impact
on the emergence of long-range order, often driving strong fluctuations that suppress …

Light-induced ferromagnetism in moiré superlattices

X Wang, C **ao, H Park, J Zhu, C Wang, T Taniguchi… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Many-body interactions between carriers lie at the heart of correlated physics. The ability to
tune such interactions would allow the possibility to access and control complex electronic …

Resonant enhancement of photo-induced superconductivity in K3C60

E Rowe, B Yuan, M Buzzi, G Jotzu, Y Zhu, M Fechner… - Nature Physics, 2023‏ - nature.com
Photo-excitation at terahertz and mid-infrared frequencies has emerged as an effective way
to manipulate functionalities in quantum materials, in some cases creating non-equilibrium …

Ultrafast nanoimaging of the order parameter in a structural phase transition

T Danz, T Domröse, C Ropers - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Understanding microscopic processes in materials and devices that can be switched by light
requires experimental access to dynamics on nanometer length and femtosecond time …

Breaking 50 femtosecond resolution barrier in MeV ultrafast electron diffraction with a double bend achromat compressor

F Qi, Z Ma, L Zhao, Y Cheng, W Jiang, C Lu, T Jiang… - Physical review …, 2020‏ - APS
We propose and demonstrate a novel scheme to produce ultrashort and ultrastable MeV
electron beam. In this scheme, the electron beam produced in a photocathode radio …

Ultrafast creation of a light-induced semimetallic state in strongly excited 1T-TiSe2

M Huber, Y Lin, G Marini, L Moreschini, C Jozwiak… - Science …, 2024‏ - science.org
Screening, a ubiquitous phenomenon associated with the shielding of electric fields by
surrounding charges, has been widely adopted as a means to modify a material's properties …