Recent progress in utilizing ultrafast light-matter interaction to control the macroscopic
properties of quantum materials is reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed on photoinduced …

Floquet engineering, the control of quantum systems using periodic driving, is an old
concept in condensed matter physics dating back to ideas such as the inverse Faraday …

In Floquet engineering, periodic driving is used to realize novel phases of matter that are
inaccessible in thermal equilibrium. For this purpose, the Floquet theory provides us a recipe …

Hybrid systems of laser-cooled trapped ions and ultracold atoms combined in a single
experimental setup have recently emerged as a new platform for fundamental research in …

Engineering effective electronic parameters is a major focus in condensed matter physics.
Their dynamical modulation opens the possibility of creating and controlling physical …

Recent advances in laser technology have made it possible to generate of precisely shaped
strong-field pulses at terahertz frequencies. These pulses are especially useful to selectively …

Driving a conventional superconductor with an appropriately tuned classical
electromagnetic field can lead to an enhancement of superconductivity via a redistribution of …

Using Floquet dynamical mean-field theory, we study the high-harmonic generation in the
time-periodic steady states of wide-gap Mott insulators under ac driving. In the strong-field …

Ultrafast optical manipulation of ordered phases in strongly correlated materials is a topic of
significant theoretical, experimental, and technological interest. Inspired by a recent …

Controlled excitation of materials can transiently induce changed or novel properties with
many fundamental and technological implications. Especially, the concept of Floquet …