Occupation Dynamics of Floquet-Volkov States and Spectral Sum Rule

Abstract

Time-periodic light fields can dress electronic states in quantum materials, forming Floquet states whose dynamic occupation determines transient material properties. Here by using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (TrARPES), we reveal the transient occupation of Floquet-Volkov states in two semiconductors, black phosphorus and MoSe${}_2$. While the occupation of the light-induced sidebands, directly reflected by TrARPES spectral weight, strongly depends on the driving field, we find that the total spectral weight obtained by summing up all sidebands is conserved upon below-gap driving. Our work provides critical insights into the Floquet population dynamics, which are essential for light-field tailoring of transient material properties.

26 pages, 5 figures

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