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 …

Light-enhanced nonlinear Hall effect

F Qin, R Chen, CH Lee - Communications Physics, 2024 - nature.com
The Hall response can be dramatically different from its quantized value in materials with
broken inversion symmetry. This stems from the leading Hall contribution beyond the linear …

Floquet engineering of black phosphorus upon below-gap pumping

S Zhou, C Bao, B Fan, F Wang, H Zhong, H Zhang… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Time-periodic light field can dress the electronic states and lead to light-induced emergent
properties in quantum materials. While below-gap pumping is regarded favorable for …

Nanophotonic route to control electron behaviors in 2D materials

DJ Kang, C Onwukaeme, KJ Park, KP Jeon, HY Ryu… - …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) Dirac materials, eg, graphene and transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDs), are one-atom-thick monolayers whose electronic behaviors are …

Theory of excitonic polarons: From models to first-principles calculations

Z Dai, C Lian, J Lafuente-Bartolome, F Giustino - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Excitons are neutral excitations that are composed of electrons and holes bound together by
their attractive Coulomb interaction. The electron and the hole forming the exciton also …

Subcycle dynamics of excitons under strong laser fields

EB Molinero, B Amorim, M Malakhov, G Cistaro… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Excitons play a key role in the linear optical response of two-dimensional (2D) materials.
However, their role in the nonlinear response to intense, nonresonant, low-frequency light is …

Observation of Floquet states and their dephasing in colloidal nanoplatelets driven by visible pulses

Y Li, Y Yang, Y Liu, J Zhu, K Wu - Nature Photonics, 2024 - nature.com
Coherent interaction between light and matter generates photon-dressed replicas of the
original electronic levels (that is, Floquet states). This opens up a so-called field of Floquet …

Light-wave-controlled Haldane model in monolayer hexagonal boron nitride

S Mitra, Á Jiménez-Galán, M Aulich, M Neuhaus… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
In recent years, the stacking and twisting of atom-thin structures with matching crystal
symmetry has provided a unique way to create new superlattice structures in which new …

Effect of high-dose N-acetylcysteine on exacerbations and lung function in patients with mild-to-moderate COPD: a double-blind, parallel group, multicentre …

Y Zhou, F Wu, Z Shi, J Cao, J Tian, W Yao, L Wei… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Evidence for the treatment of patients with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is limited. The efficacy of N-acetylcysteine (an antioxidant and mucolytic …

Dephasing of Strong-Field-Driven Excitonic Autler-Townes Doublets Revealed by Time-and Spectrum-Resolved Quantum-Path Interferometry

Y Liu, B Zhu, S Jiang, S Huang, M Luo, S Zhang… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Understanding dephasing mechanisms of strong-field-driven excitons in condensed matter
is essential for their applications in quantum-state manipulation and ultrafast optical …