Experimental perspective on three-dimensional topological semimetals

BQ Lv, T Qian, H Ding - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
Topological semimetals (TSMs) are characterized by bulk band crossings in their electronic
structures, which are expected to give rise to gapless electronic excitations and topological …

Light-induced emergent phenomena in 2D materials and topological materials

C Bao, P Tang, D Sun, S Zhou - Nature Reviews Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Light–matter interaction in 2D and topological materials provides a fascinating control knob
for inducing emergent, non-equilibrium properties and achieving new functionalities in the …

Pseudospin-selective Floquet band engineering in black phosphorus

S Zhou, C Bao, B Fan, H Zhou, Q Gao, H Zhong, T Lin… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Time-periodic light field has emerged as a control knob for manipulating quantum states in
solid-state materials,–, cold atoms and photonic systems through hybridization with photon …

Band structure engineering and non-equilibrium dynamics in Floquet topological insulators

MS Rudner, NH Lindner - Nature reviews physics, 2020 - nature.com
Non-equilibrium topological phenomena can be induced in quantum many-body systems
using time-periodic fields (for example, by laser or microwave illumination). This Review …

Ultrastrong coupling between light and matter

A Frisk Kockum, A Miranowicz, S De Liberato… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Ultrastrong coupling between light and matter has, in the past decade, transitioned from a
theoretical idea to an experimental reality. It is a new regime of quantum light–matter …

Engineering quantum materials with chiral optical cavities

H Hübener, U De Giovannini, C Schäfer, J Andberger… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Strong light–matter coupling in quantum cavities provides a pathway to break fundamental
materials symmetries, like time-reversal symmetry in chiral cavities. This Comment …

Lightwave electronics in condensed matter

M Borsch, M Meierhofer, R Huber, M Kira - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Key properties of quantum materials stem from dynamic interaction chains that connect
stable electronic quasiparticles through short-lived coherences, which are difficult to control …

Probing topological phase transitions using high-harmonic generation

C Heide, Y Kobayashi, DR Baykusheva, D Jain… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The prediction and realization of topological insulators have sparked great interest in
experimental approaches to the classification of materials,–. The phase transition between …

Towards properties on demand in quantum materials

DN Basov, RD Averitt, D Hsieh - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
The past decade has witnessed an explosion in the field of quantum materials, headlined by
the predictions and discoveries of novel Landau-symmetry-broken phases in correlated …

Build-up and dephasing of Floquet–Bloch bands on subcycle timescales

S Ito, M Schüler, M Meierhofer, S Schlauderer… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Strong light fields have created opportunities to tailor novel functionalities of solids,,,–.
Floquet–Bloch states can form under periodic driving of electrons and enable exotic …