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20192026
most citedPhase-resolved Higgs response in superconducting cuprates

139 citations · 789 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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27 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

THz-induced phonomagnetism in diamagnetic quantum paraelectric KTaO

C. Kadlec, F. Kadlec, D. Repček +13

The current efforts striving to develop new ways of data manipulation are aimed at ultrafast control of magnetization in magnetic materials, as well as at inducing magnetic moments…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Evolution of terahertz third harmonic response across rare-earth nickelate phase-diagram

Gulloo Lal Prajapati, Igor Ilyakov, Alexey Ponomaryov +8

High harmonic generation (HHG) is a sensitive probe for investigating electronic structures and dynamics of materials and a source for attosecond pulses. In particular, HHG with te…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026★ 109 cited

Electrical tunability of terahertz nonlinearity in graphene

Sergey Kovalev, Hassan A. Hafez, Klaas-Jan Tielrooij +15

Graphene is conceivably the most nonlinear optoelectronic material. Its nonlinear optical coefficients in the terahertz (THz) frequency range surpass those of other materials by ma…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Generalized thermodynamic closure in ultrafast phonon dynamics

Sheng Qu, Jiyong Kim, Jaco J. Geuchies +9

Driven-dissipative dynamics underlie a wide range of nonequilibrium phenomena in quantum materials, yet reduced descriptions beyond the quasi-equilibrium picture remain difficult t…

physics.optics2025

Plasmonic metamaterial time crystal

Tingwen Guo, Jules Sueiro, Gian Marcello Andolina +18

Periodically driven optical materials and metamaterials have recently emerged as a promising platform for realizing photonic time crystals (PTCs), which are systems whose optical p…

physics.chem-ph2025

Biological Crowding Annihilates Terahertz Transmission Nonlinearity in Aqueous Protein Solutions

Ellen M. Adams, Igor Ilyakov, Manthan Raj +6

Hydration water is vital for the stabilization of protein structure and function. The strong interaction of hydration water with the protein surface brings into question how dynami…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Dissecting coupled orders in a terahertz-driven electron-doped cuprate

Liwen Feng, Haotian Zhang, Tim Priessnitz +16

The interplay between superconductivity and charge density wave has often been studied from an equilibrium point of view. For example, using static tuning knobs such as doping, mag…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 2 cited

Terahertz-driven ultrafast dynamics of rare-earth nickelates by controlling only the charge degree of freedom

Gulloo Lal Prajapati, Sergey Kovalev, Igor Ilyakov +5

An important strategy for understanding the microscopic physics of strongly correlated systems and enhancing their technological potential is to selectively drive the fundamental d…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

Highly efficient broadband THz upconversion with Dirac materials

Tatiana A. Uaman Svetikova, Igor Ilyakov, Alexey Ponomaryov +16

The use of the THz frequency domain in future network generations offers an unparalleled level of capacity, which can enhance innovative applications in wireless communication, ana…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 1 cited

Terahertz harmonic generation across the Mott insulator-metal transition

Gulloo Lal Prajapati, Sujay Ray, Igor Ilyakov +8

We demonstrate terahertz (THz) harmonic generation across the Mott insulator-metal transition in rare-earth nickelates (RNiO, R = rare-earth atom). The THz harmonic generation…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

THz Second and Third Harmonic Generation in PdCoO Thin Films

T. Priessnitz, L. Feng, T. V. A. G. de Oliveira +9

Terahertz high harmonic generation (THz HHG) is a common property of nonlinear systems. Recently it has been used to investigate fundamental principles that govern transport and no…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 1 cited

Ultrafast unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance driven by terahertz light field

Ruslan Salikhov, Igor Ilyakov, Anneke Reinold +11

The ultrafast control of magnetisation states in magnetically ordered systems is a key technological challenge for developing memory devices operable at picosecond timescales or te…

physics.app-ph2023

Spin-orbit interaction driven terahertz nonlinear dynamics in transition metals

Ruslan Salikhov, Markus Lysne, Philipp Werner +15

The interplay of electric charge, spin, and orbital polarizations, coherently driven by picosecond long oscillations of light fields in spin-orbit coupled systems, is the foundatio…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 54 cited

Tunable room temperature nonlinear Hall effect from the surfaces of elementary bismuth thin films

Pavlo Makushko, Sergey Kovalev, Yevhen Zabila +13

The nonlinear Hall effect (NLHE) with time-reversal symmetry constitutes the appearance of a transverse voltage quadratic in the applied electric field. It is a second-order electr…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 21 cited

Impulsive Fermi magnon-phonon resonance in antiferromagnetic

Thomas W. J. Metzger, Kirill A. Grishunin, Chris Reinhoffer +13

Understanding spin-lattice interactions in antiferromagnets is one of the most fundamental issues at the core of the recently emerging and booming fields of antiferromagnetic spint…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 1 cited

Tracing the dynamics of superconducting order via transient third harmonic generation

Min-Jae Kim, Sergey Kovalev, Mattia Udina +13

Ultrafast optical control of quantum systems is an emerging field of physics. In particular, the possibility of light-driven superconductivity with ultrashort laser pulses has attr…

physics.optics2023★ 1 cited

Higher-harmonic generation in boron-doped silicon from band carriers and bound-dopant photoionization

Fanqi Meng, Frederik Walla, Sergey Kovalev +10

We investigate ultrafast harmonic generation (HG) in Si:B, driven by intense pump pulses with fields reaching ~100 kV/cm and a carrier frequency of 300 GHz, at 4 K and 300 K, both…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 1 cited

Dynamical interplay between superconductivity and charge-density-wave: a nonlinear terahertz study of coherently-driven 2H-NbSe2 and La2-xSrxCuO4

Liwen Feng, Jiayuan Cao, Tim Priessnitz +21

2H-NbSe2 is an archetypal system in which superconductivity and charge-density-wave (CDW) coexist and compete macroscopically with each other. In particular, this interplay also ma…

physics.optics2022★ 66 cited

Milliwatt terahertz harmonic generation from topological insulator metamaterials

Klaas-Jan Tielrooij, Alessandro Principi, David Saleta Reig +16

Achieving efficient, high-power harmonic generation in the terahertz spectral domain has technological applications, for example in sixth generation (6G) communication networks. Ma…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 22 cited

High-order nonlinear terahertz probing of the two-band superconductor MgB: Third- and fifth-order harmonic generation

C. Reinhoffer, P. Pilch, A. Reinold +16

We report on high-order harmonic generation in the two-band superconductor MgB driven by intense terahertz electromagnetic pulses. Third- and fifth-order harmonics are resolved…

cond-mat.supr-con2021★ 27 cited

Fano interference of the Higgs mode in cuprate high-Tc superconductors

Hao Chu, Sergey Kovalev, Zi Xiao Wang +31

Despite decades of search for the pairing boson in cuprate high-Tc superconductors, its identity still remains debated to date. For this reason, spectroscopic signatures of electro…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 35 cited

Band-selective third-harmonic generation in superconducting MgB: Possible evidence for Higgs amplitude mode in the dirty limit

Sergey Kovalev, Tao Dong, Li-Yu Shi +13

We report on time-resolved linear and nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy of the two-band superconductor MgB with the superconducting transition temperature K. Th…

physics.optics2020★ 127 cited

Grating-graphene metamaterial as a platform for terahertz nonlinear photonics

Jan-Christoph Deinert, David Alcaraz Iranzo, Raul Perez +14

Nonlinear optics is an increasingly important field for scientific and technological applications, owing to its relevance and potential for optical and optoelectronic technologies.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 51 cited

Terahertz signatures of ultrafast Dirac fermion relaxation at the surface of topological insulators at room temperature

S. Kovalev, K. -J. Tielrooij, J. -C. Deinert +13

Topologically-protected surface states present rich physics and promising spintronic, optoelectronic and photonic applications that require a proper understanding of their ultrafas…