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

Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Ultrafast laser direct writing (ULDW) is explored as a facile technique to induce
unprecedented physical phenomena and functional structures three dimensionally in glass …

Optical harmonic generation occurs when high intensity light (> 1010 W m–2) interacts with
a nonlinear material. Electrical control of the nonlinear optical response enables …

Layered transition metal dichalcogenides with excellent nonlinear absorption properties
have shown remarkable performance in acting as ultrafast photonics devices. In our work …

Short, intense laser pulses can be used to access the transition regime between classical
and quantum optical responses in dielectrics. In this regime, the relative roles of inter-and …

Under strong laser radiation, a Dirac material, the topological insulator (TI) Bi 2 Te 3, exhibits
an optical transmittance increase as a result of saturable absorption. Based on an open …

Graphene is at the center of a significant research effort. Near-ballistic transport at room
temperature and high mobility make it a potential material for nanoelectronics. Its electronic …

Intense ultrashort light pulses comprising merely a few wave cycles became routinely
available by the turn of the millennium. The technologies underlying their production and …

Femtosecond laser micromachining can be used either to remove materials or to change a
material's properties, and can be applied to both absorptive and transparent substances …