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 …

Ultrafast creation of a light-induced semimetallic state in strongly excited 1T-TiSe2

M Huber, Y Lin, G Marini, L Moreschini, C Jozwiak… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Screening, a ubiquitous phenomenon associated with the shielding of electric fields by
surrounding charges, has been widely adopted as a means to modify a material's properties …

Non-thermal phonon dynamics and a quenched exciton condensate probed by surface-sensitive electron diffraction

F Kurtz, TN Dauwe, SV Yalunin, G Storeck… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Interactions among and between electrons and phonons steer the energy flow in photo-
excited materials and govern the emergence of correlated phases. The strength of electron …

[HTML][HTML] Attosecond absorption and reflection spectroscopy of solids

N Di Palo, G Inzani, GL Dolso, M Talarico, S Bonetti… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Since their introduction, all-optical spectroscopy techniques based on attosecond radiation
have gained the attention of the scientific community because of their energy and time …

High-sensitivity extreme-ultraviolet transient absorption spectroscopy enabled by machine learning

T Gutberlet, HT Chang, S Zayko, M Sivis, C Ropers - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We present a novel denoising scheme for spectroscopy experiments employing broadband
light sources and demonstrate its capabilities using transient absorption measurements with …

Carrier and Phonon Dynamics in Multilayer WSe2 Captured by Extreme Ultraviolet Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

J Oh, HT Chang, CT Chen, S Aloni… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Carrier and phonon dynamics in a multilayer WSe2 film are captured by extreme ultraviolet
(XUV) transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy at the W N6, 7, W O2, 3, and Se M4, 5 edges …

Disentangle electronic, structural, and spin dynamics using transient extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy

MA Yackovich, MW Locklear, H Liu - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the coupled microscopic interactions in complex materials offers key insights
into realizing the functions of new materials. As an emerging spectroscopic technique in …

Core-level signature of long-range density-wave order and short-range excitonic correlations probed by attosecond broadband spectroscopy

A Zong, SC Lin, SA Sato, E Berger, BR Nebgen… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Advances in attosecond core-level spectroscopies have successfully unlocked the fastest
dynamics involving high-energy electrons. Yet, these techniques are not conventionally …

Fast spectroscopic imaging using extreme ultraviolet interferometry

HC Strauch, F Zhang, S Mathias, T Hohage, S Witte… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Extreme ultraviolet pulses as generated by high harmonic generation (HHG) are a powerful
tool for both time-resolved spectroscopy and coherent diffractive imaging. However, the …

Femtosecond imaging at spatio-temporal limits

S Zayko, HT Chang, O Kfir, M Sivis… - Compact EUV & X-ray …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate imaging capabilities at ultimate scales, reaching down to 12.5 nm spatial
and 35 fs temporal resolution with element-specific and spin-sensitive contrasts. Our ultra …