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 …

The 2021 ultrafast spectroscopic probes of condensed matter roadmap

J Lloyd-Hughes, PM Oppeneer… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In the 60 years since the invention of the laser, the scientific community has developed
numerous fields of research based on these bright, coherent light sources, including the …

Light-Tunable Ferromagnetism in Atomically Thin Driven by Femtosecond Laser Pulse

B Liu, S Liu, L Yang, Z Chen, E Zhang, Z Li, J Wu… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
The recent discovery of intrinsic ferromagnetism in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals
(vdW) crystals has opened up a new arena for spintronics, raising an opportunity of …

Ultrafast Laser Pulse Induced Transient Ferrimagnetic State and Spin Relaxation Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnets

J He, S Li, T Frauenheim, Z Zhou - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
We employ real-time time-dependent density functional theory (rt-TDDFT) and ab initio
nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) to systematically investigate the ultrafast laser …

Tuning magnetism at the two-dimensional limit: A theoretical perspective

D Li, S Li, C Zhong, J He - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The discovery of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials provides an ideal testbed for
manipulating the magnetic properties at the atomically thin and 2D limit. This review gives …

Attosecond magnetization dynamics in non-magnetic materials driven by intense femtosecond lasers

O Neufeld, N Tancogne-Dejean… - npj Computational …, 2023 - nature.com
Irradiating solids with ultrashort laser pulses is known to initiate femtosecond timescale
magnetization dynamics. However, sub-femtosecond spin dynamics have not yet been …

Unravelling photoinduced interlayer spin transfer dynamics in two-dimensional nonmagnetic-ferromagnetic van der Waals heterostructures

J He, S Li, A Bandyopadhyay, T Frauenheim - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Although light is the fastest means to manipulate the interfacial spin injection and magnetic
proximity related quantum properties of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic van der Waals …

Manipulation of ferromagnetism in intrinsic two-dimensional magnetic and nonmagnetic materials

Z Lei, CI Sathish, X Geng, X Guan, Y Liu, L Wang… - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Summary 2D ferromagnetic materials have been regarded as the promising candidates for
the next-generation spintronics in the field of future information science and technology. In …

Spin dynamics across metallic layers on the few-femtosecond timescale

R Géneaux, HT Chang, A Guggenmos, R Delaunay… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We measure the light-driven response of a magnetic multilayer structure made of thin
alternating layers of cobalt and platinum at the few-femtosecond timescale. Using …

Optically controlling the competition between spin flips and intersite spin transfer in a Heusler half-metal on sub–100-fs time scales

SA Ryan, PC Johnsen, MF Elhanoty, A Grafov, N Li… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The direct manipulation of spins via light may provide a path toward ultrafast energy-efficient
devices. However, distinguishing the microscopic processes that can occur during ultrafast …