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20162025
most citedSignature of band inversion in the antiferromagnetic phase of axion insulator candidate EuIn2As2

44 citations · 362 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

All-optical magnetization reversal via x-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Kihiro T. Yamada, Akira Izumi, Tetsuya Ikebuchi +15

Light polarization is one of the most fundamental features, equivalent to energy and coherence. Magnetism changes light polarization, and vice versa. The irradiation of intense cir…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 3 cited

X-ray free-electron laser observation of giant and anisotropic magnetostriction in -O at 110 Tesla

Akihiko Ikeda, Yuya Kubota, Yuto Ishii +18

In strong magnetic fields beyond 100 T, the significant Zeeman energy competes with the lattice interactions, where a considerable magnetostriction is expected. However, the micros…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

A simple method to find temporal overlap between THz and X-ray pulses using X-ray-induced carrier dynamics in semiconductors

Yuya Kubota, Takeshi Suzuki, Shigeki Owada +5

X-ray-induced carrier dynamics in silicon and gallium arsenide were investigated through intensity variations of transmitted terahertz (THz) pulses in the pico to microsecond time…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Non-equilibrium pathways to emergent polar supertextures

Vladimir A. Stoica, Tiannan Yang, Sujit Das +31

Ultrafast stimuli can stabilize metastable states of matter inaccessible by equilibrium means. Establishing the spatiotemporal link between ultrafast excitation and metastability i…

physics.app-ph2023★ 5 cited

Interplay of thermal and non-thermal effects in x-ray-induced ultrafast melting

Ichiro Inoue, Victor Tkachenko, Yuya Kubota +15

X-ray laser-induced structural changes in silicon undergoing femtosecond melting have been investigated by using an x-ray pump-x-ray probe technique. The experimental results for d…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 9 cited

Ultrafast Control of Crystal Structure in a Topological Charge-Density-Wave Material

Takeshi Suzuki, Yuya Kubota, Natsuki Mitsuishi +15

Optical control of crystal structures is a promising route to change physical properties including topological nature of a targeting material. Time-resolved X-ray diffraction measu…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 17 cited

Picosecond volume expansion drives a later-time insulator-metal transition in a nano-textured Mott Insulator

Anita Verma, Denis Golež, Oleg Yu. Gorobtsov +24

Technology moves towards ever faster switching between different electronic and magnetic states of matter. Manipulating properties at terahertz rates requires accessing the intrins…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 6 cited

Ultrafast x-ray scattering reveals composite amplitude collective mode in the Weyl charge density wave material (TaSe)I

Quynh L. Nguyen, Ryan A. Duncan, Gal Orenstein +27

We report ultrafast x-ray scattering experiments of the quasi-1D charge density wave (CDW) material (TaSe)I following photoexcitation with femtosecond infrared laser pulses…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 12 cited

Pure nematic state in iron-based superconductor

Y. Kubota, F. Nabeshima, K. Nakayama +8

Lattice and electronic states of thin FeSe films on LaAlO substrates are investigated in the vicinity of the nematic phase transition. No evidence of structural phase transitio…

cond-mat.str-el2022★ 18 cited

Generating 77 T using a portable pulse magnet for single shot quantum beam experiments

Akihiko Ikeda, Yasuhiro H. Matsuda, Xuguang Zhou +8

We devised a portable system that generates pulsed high magnetic fields up to 77 T with 3 s duration. The system employs the single turn coil method, a destructive way of field…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 21 cited

Characterization of photoinduced normal state through charge density wave in superconducting YBaCuO

H. Jang, S. Song, T. Kihara +17

The normal state of high-Tc cuprates has been considered one of the essential topics in high-temperature superconductivity research. However, compared to the high magnetic fields s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 4 cited

Suppression of atomic displacive excitation in photo-induced A phonon mode of bismuth unveiled by low-temperature time-resolved x-ray diffraction

Y. Kubota, Yoshikazu Tanaka, T. Togashi +7

An ultrafast atomic motion of a photo-induced coherent phonon of bismuth at low temperatures was directly observed with time-resolved x-ray diffraction. A cryostat with a window th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 26 cited

Polarization-Resolved Extreme Ultraviolet Second Harmonic Generation from LiNbO

Can B. Uzundal, Sasawat Jamnuch, Emma Berger +17

Second harmonic generation (SHG) spectroscopy ubiquitously enables the investigation of surface chemistry, interfacial chemistry as well as symmetry properties in solids. Polarizat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 2 cited

Direct observation of symmetry-breaking in a 'ferroelectric' polar metal

Emma Berger, Sasawat Jamnuch, Can Uzundal +17

Ferroelectric materials contain a switchable spontaneous polarization that persists even in the absence of an external electric field. The coexistence of ferroelectricity and metal…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 44 cited

Signature of band inversion in the antiferromagnetic phase of axion insulator candidate EuIn2As2

Takafumi Sato, Zhiwei Wang, Daichi Takane +12

We have performed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on EuIn2As2 which is predicted to be an axion insulator in the antiferromagnetic state. By utilizing soft-x-ray and vacu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 21 cited

Observation of inverted band structure in topological Dirac-semimetal candidate CaAuAs

Kosuke Nakayama, Zhiwei Wang, Daichi Takane +13

We have performed high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of ternary pnictide CaAuAs which is predicted to be a three-dimensional topological Dirac semimetal (TDS…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 24 cited

Structurally assisted melting of excitonic correlations in 1T-TiSe2

Max Burian, Michael Porer, Jose R. L. Mardegan +16

The simultaneous condensation of electronic and structural degrees of freedom gives rise to new states of matter, including superconductivity and charge-density-wave formation. Whe…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 7 cited

Single shot x-ray diffractometry in SACLA with pulsed magnetic fields up to 16 T

Akihiko Ikeda, Yasuhiro H. Matsuda, Xuguang Zhou +4

Single shot x-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments have been performed with a x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) under pulsed high magnetic fields up to 16 T generated with a nondestruc…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 38 cited

Laser-Induced Transient Magnons in Sr3Ir2O7 Throughout the Brillouin Zone

D. G. Mazzone, D. Meyers, Y. Cao +32

Although ultrafast manipulation of magnetism holds great promise for new physical phenomena and applications, targeting specific states is held back by our limited understanding of…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 33 cited

Element-selective tracking ultrafast demagnetization process in Co/Pt multilayer thin films by the resonant magneto-optical Kerr effect

Kohei Yamamoto, Souliman El Moussaoui, Yasuyuki Hirata +8

We examined the photo-induced dynamics of ferromagnetic Co/Pt thin films demonstrating perpendicular magnetic anisotropy with element specificity using resonant polar magneto-optic…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 38 cited

Ultrafast demagnetization of Pt magnetic moment in L1-FePt probed by hard x-ray free electron laser

Kohei Yamamoto, Yuya Kubota, Motohiro Suzuki +15

We demonstrate ultrafast magnetization dynamics in a 5d transition metal using circularly-polarized x-ray free electron laser in the hard x-ray region. A decay time of light-induce…

physics.ins-det2017★ 24 cited

Capturing ultrafast magnetic dynamics by time-resolved soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Kou Takubo, Kohei Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Hirata +9

Experiments of time-resolved x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (Tr-XMCD) and resonant x-ray scattering at a beamline BL07LSU in SPring-8 with a time-resolution of under 50 ps are p…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 9 cited

Interface electronic structure at the topological insulator - ferrimagnetic insulator junction

Y. Kubota, K. Murata, J. Miyawaki +15

An interface electron state at the junction between a three-dimensional topological insulator (TI) film of Bi2Se3 and a ferrimagnetic insulator film of Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) was investiga…