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 …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-inspired superwettability achieved by femtosecond lasers

J Yong, Q Yang, X Hou, F Chen - Ultrafast Science, 2022 - spj.science.org
Wettability is one of a solid surface's fundamental physical and chemical properties, which
involves a wide range of applications. Femtosecond laser microfabrication has many …

Optical-intensity modulators with PbTe thermoelectric nanopowders for ultrafast photonics

X Li, W Xu, Y Wang, X Zhang, Z Hui, H Zhang… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a new optical material with huge potential application, nanomaterials have attracted
much attention in the field of ultrafast photonics due to their proper band gap, multiple …

Ultrafast high-harmonic spectroscopy of solids

C Heide, Y Kobayashi, SRU Haque, S Ghimire - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
High-harmonic spectroscopy, an ultrafast all-optical technique initially conceptualized in
atomic and molecular systems, has now emerged as a powerful platform for studying the …

Parametric nonlinear optics with layered materials and related heterostructures

O Dogadov, C Trovatello, B Yao… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nonlinear optics is of crucial importance in several fields of science and technology with
applications in frequency conversion, entangled‐photon generation, self‐referencing of …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical insights into ultrafast dynamics in quantum materials

M Guan, D Chen, S Hu, H Zhao, P You, S Meng - Ultrafast science, 2022 - spj.science.org
The last few decades have witnessed the extraordinary advances in theoretical and
experimental tools, which have enabled the manipulation and monitoring of ultrafast …

Co-MOFs as emerging pulse modulators for femtosecond ultrafast fiber laser

M An, Z Pan, X Li, W Wang, C Jiang, G Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The metal organic framework (MOF) has attracted more and more attention due to its unique
morphology, functional linkers, and orderly network structure. Zeolitio imidazolata …

Probing electron-hole coherence in strongly driven 2D materials using high-harmonic generation

C Heide, Y Kobayashi, AC Johnson, F Liu, TF Heinz… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Under strong electromagnetic excitation, electron–hole (eh) pairs may be generated in
solids, which are subsequently driven to high energy and high momentum, producing high …

Metal− organic framework-based ultrafast logic gates for high-security optical encryption

J Yu, Y Han, L Wang, Y Liu, H Zhang, X Chen… - Ultrafast …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Optical logic gates call for materials with giant optical nonlinearity to break the current
performance bottleneck. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) provide an intriguing route to …

High-harmonic generation in CdTe with ultra-low pump intensity and high photon flux

Z Long, H Yang, K Tian, L He, R Qin, ZY Chen… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
An ultra-low pump intensity and high photon flux have been long pursuits of high harmonic
generation (HHG) in solids. However, there is lack of a criterion to identify a pristine solid …