Emerging ultrafast techniques for studying quantum materials

A Zong, BR Nebgen, SC Lin, JA Spies… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In quantum materials, emergent functional properties resulting from strong correlations or
electronic topology offer opportunities for new applications. Over the past decade, ultrafast …

Strong–laser–field physics, non–classical light states and quantum information science

U Bhattacharya, T Lamprou, AS Maxwell… - Reports on Progress …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Strong–laser–field physics is a research direction that relies on the use of high-power lasers
and has led to fascinating achievements ranging from relativistic particle acceleration to …

Quantum electrodynamics of intense laser-matter interactions: a tool for quantum state engineering

P Stammer, J Rivera-Dean, A Maxwell, T Lamprou… - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
Intense laser-matter interactions are at the center of interest in research and technology
since the development of high-power lasers. They have been widely used for fundamental …

Nonclassical states of light after high-harmonic generation in semiconductors: A Bloch-based perspective

J Rivera-Dean, P Stammer, AS Maxwell, T Lamprou… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
High-harmonic generation (HHG) has emerged as a pivotal process in strong-field physics,
yielding extreme ultraviolet radiation and attosecond pulses for a wide range of applications …

Following the nonthermal phase transition in niobium dioxide by time-resolved harmonic spectroscopy

Z Nie, L Guery, EB Molinero, P Juergens… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
Photoinduced phase transitions in correlated materials promise diverse applications from
ultrafast switches to optoelectronics. Resolving those transitions and possible metastable …

Light-matter entanglement after above-threshold ionization processes in atoms

J Rivera-Dean, P Stammer, AS Maxwell, T Lamprou… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Light-matter entanglement plays a fundamental role in many applications of quantum
information science. Thus, finding processes where it can be observed is an important task …

Quantum phase transitions in two-dimensional superconductors: a review on recent experimental progress

Z Wang, Y Liu, C Ji, J Wang - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Superconductor-insulator/metal transition (SIT/SMT) as a paradigm of quantum phase
transition has been a research highlight over the last three decades. Benefit from recent …

[PDF][PDF] Attosecond physics and quantum information science

M Lewenstein, N Baldelli, U Bhattacharya… - Luca Argenti Michael …, 2024 - library.oapen.org
In this article, we will discuss a possibility of a symbiosis for attophysics (AP) and quantum
information (QI) and quantum technologies (QT). We will argue that within few years AP will …

Detecting Majorana zero modes via strong field dynamics

N Baldelli, U Bhattacharya, D González-Cuadra… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We propose a protocol to detect topological phase transitions of one-dimensional p-wave
superconductors from their harmonic emission spectra in strong fields. Specifically, we …

Analog simulation of high-harmonic generation in atoms

J Argüello-Luengo, J Rivera-Dean, P Stammer… - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
The demanding experimental access to the ultrafast dynamics of materials challenges our
understanding of their electronic response to applied strong laser fields. For this purpose …