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 …

Many fundamental processes in nature occur on ultrashort time scales within picoseconds to
attoseconds, and on intrinsic length scales from nanometers to picometers. The structure of …

Photobatteries, batteries with a light-sensitive electrode, have recently been proposed as a
way of simultaneously capturing and storing solar energy in a single device. Despite reports …

Solar heat management & green air-conditioning are among the major technologies that
could mitigate heat islands phenomenon while minimizing significantly the CO2 global foot …

The ability to resolve the dynamics of matter on its native temporal and spatial scales
constitutes a key challenge and convergent theme across chemistry, biology, and materials …

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 …

Vanadium dioxide is a promising material for energy-saving and smart switching
applications due to its reversible metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) accompanied by swift …

Vanadium dioxide is a promising thermochromic material for novel applications to smart
optoelectronic devices due to its reversible insulator-to-metal transition which is …

Irradiation of solid surfaces with high intensity, ultrashort laser pulses triggers a variety of
secondary processes that can lead to the formation of transient and permanent structures …

Electromagnetic waves possessing orbital angular momentum (OAM) are powerful tools for
applications in optical communications, quantum technologies, and optical tweezers …