Neuromorphic computing approaches become increasingly important as we address future
needs for efficiently processing massive amounts of data. The unique attributes of quantum …

As the quest for active photonic devices continues, materials with exotic and exploitable
properties have become paramount to enable new advancements. In recent years, phase …

Using light to control transient phases in quantum materials is an emerging route to
engineer new properties and functionality, with both thermal and non-thermal phases …

We combine ultrafast electron diffraction and time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy
measurements to link structure and electronic transport properties during the photoinduced …

Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a material that undergoes an insulator–metal transition upon
heating above 340 K. It remains debated as to whether this electronic transition is driven by …

Vanadium dioxide (VO2) exhibits an insulator-to-metal transition accompanied by a
structural transition near room temperature. This transition can be triggered by an ultrafast …

Transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy is uniquely suited for understanding kinetic
processes initiated by light over vast ranges of time. In combination with white light probes …

Here, we photoinduce and directly observe with x-ray scattering an ultrafast enhancement of
the structural long-range order in the archetypal Mott system V 2 O 3. Despite the ultrafast …

The complex interplay among electronic, magnetic and lattice degrees of freedom in Mott-
Hubbard materials leads to different types of insulator-to-metal transitions (IMT) which can …

The performance of optical devices relying in vanadium dioxide (VO_2) technology
compatible with the silicon platform depends on the polarization of light and VO_2 …