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

Within a decade, the field of magnetic skyrmionics has developed from a niche prediction to
a huge and active research field. Not only do magnetic skyrmions—magnetic whirls with a …

The scientific and technological exploration of three-dimensional magnetic nanostructures is
an emerging research field that opens the path to exciting novel physical phenomena …

X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) enables the study of sample dynamics
between micrometer and atomic length scales. As a coherent scattering technique, it …

Optical pulses are routinely used to drive dynamic changes in the properties of solids. In
quantum materials, many new phenomena have been discovered, including ultrafast …

The interplay between magnetism and electronic band topology enriches topological
phases and has promising applications. However, the role of topology in magnetic …

One of the important challenges in condensed matter science is to understand ultrafast,
atomic-scale fluctuations that dictate dynamic processes in equilibrium and non-equilibrium …

Noninteracting particles exhibiting Brownian motion have been observed in many occasions
of sciences, such as molecules suspended in liquids, optically trapped microbeads, and spin …

Abstract X-ray Free Electron Lasers provide femtosecond x-ray pulses with narrow
bandwidth and unprecedented peak brightness. Special modes of operation have been …

In this perspective article we highlight research opportunities and challenges in probing
structural dynamics of molecular systems using X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy …