Nonadiabatic landau–zener–stückelberg–majorana transitions, dynamics, and interference

V Ivakhnenko, SN Shevchenko, F Nori - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the pioneering works by Landau, Zener, Stückelberg, and Majorana (LZSM), it has
been known that driving a quantum two-level system results in tunneling between its states …

Petahertz electronics

C Heide, PD Keathley, MF Kling - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Petahertz, or lightwave, electronics uses tailored optical waveforms to control charge
carriers in an electronic circuit at petahertz frequencies. This may enable faster processing …

Topological pumping in a Floquet-Bloch band

J Minguzzi, Z Zhu, K Sandholzer, AS Walter… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Constructing new topological materials is of vital interest for the development of robust
quantum applications. However, engineering such materials often causes technological …

Electronic coherence and coherent dephasing in the optical control of electrons in graphene

C Heide, T Eckstein, T Boolakee, C Gerner… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electronic coherence is of utmost importance for the access and control of quantum-
mechanical solid-state properties. Using a purely electronic observable, the photocurrent …

Topological Floquet engineering using two frequencies in two dimensions

Y Wang, AS Walter, G Jotzu, K Viebahn - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Using two-frequency driving in two dimensions opens up new possibilities for Floquet
engineering, which range from controlling specific symmetries to tuning the properties of …

Optimal generation and systematic analysis of tunable terahertz emissions from single-layer graphene using two-color laser pulses with different durations

Z Guan, Z Yin, J You, B Wang, X Li, GL Wang, XX Zhou… - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
We propose that frequency-tunable terahertz (THz) emissions can be efficiently generated
from single-layer graphene at normal incidence by optimizing two-color laser pulses. For …

Lightwave-driven electrons in a Floquet topological insulator

T Weitz, D Lesko, S Wittigschlager, W Li… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Topological insulators offer unique opportunities for novel electronics and quantum
phenomena. However, intrinsic material limitations often restrict their applications and …

Nonlinear Current Injection in Hexagonal Boron Nitride using Linearly Polarized Light in a Deeply Off‐Resonant Regime

W Mao, A Rubio, SA Sato - Advanced Optical Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐induced electron dynamics in monolayer hexagonal boron nitride is theoretically
investigated under the influence of two‐color linearly‐polarized laser fields at frequencies ω …

Giant DC-like residual current generated by subcycle laser pulses

A Seith, F Evers, J Wilhelm - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Experimental indications have been reported suggesting that laser pulses shining on
materials with relativistic dispersion can produce currents that survive long after the …

Optical control of ultrafast photocurrent in graphene

N Rana, G Dixit - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The ability to manipulate electrons with the intense laser pulse enables an unprecedented
control over the electronic motion on its intrinsic timescale. Present work explores the …