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 …

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 …

Carriers, quasi-particles, and collective excitations in halide perovskites

J Fu, S Ramesh, JW Melvin Lim, TC Sum - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Halide perovskites (HPs) are potential game-changing materials for a broad spectrum of
optoelectronic applications ranging from photovoltaics, light-emitting devices, lasers to …

Terahertz field–induced ferroelectricity in quantum paraelectric SrTiO3

X Li, T Qiu, J Zhang, E Baldini, J Lu, AM Rappe… - Science, 2019 - science.org
“Hidden phases” are metastable collective states of matter that are typically not accessible
on equilibrium phase diagrams. These phases can host exotic properties in otherwise …

Tunable terahertz hybrid metamaterials supported by 3D Dirac semimetals

X He, W Cao - Optical Materials Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
By utilizing the three-dimensional Dirac semimetal (DSM)-strontium titanate (SrTiO_3, STO)
elliptical hybrid metamaterials, the tunable Fano resonances were systematically analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] Matter manipulation with extreme terahertz light: Progress in the enabling THz technology

P Salén, M Basini, S Bonetti, J Hebling, M Krasilnikov… - Physics reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Terahertz (THz) light has proven to be a fine tool to probe and control quasi-particles and
collective excitations in solids, to drive phase transitions and associated changes in material …

Electrochemical ion insertion from the atomic to the device scale

A Sood, AD Poletayev, DA Cogswell… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Electrochemical ion insertion involves coupled ion–electron transfer reactions, transport of
guest species and redox of the host. The hosts are typically anisotropic solids with 2D …

Terahertz light–driven coupling of antiferromagnetic spins to lattice

EA Mashkovich, KA Grishunin, RM Dubrovin… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Understanding spin-lattice coupling represents a key challenge in modern condensed
matter physics, with crucial importance and implications for ultrafast and two-dimensional …

Quantum electrodynamic control of matter: Cavity-enhanced ferroelectric phase transition

Y Ashida, A İmamoğlu, J Faist, D Jaksch, A Cavalleri… - Physical Review X, 2020 - APS
The light-matter interaction can be utilized to qualitatively alter physical properties of
materials. Recent theoretical and experimental studies have explored this possibility of …

Terahertz electric-field-driven dynamical multiferroicity in SrTiO3

M Basini, M Pancaldi, B Wehinger, M Udina… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The emergence of collective order in matter is among the most fundamental and intriguing
phenomena in physics. In recent years, the dynamical control and creation of novel ordered …