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most citedUltrafast X-ray imaging of the light-induced phase transition in VO2

56 citations · 177 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Mean field magnetism and spin frustration in a double perovskite oxide with compositional complexity

Nandana Bhattacharya, Ravi Kiran Dokala, Sourav Chowdhury +9

The rise of high-entropy oxides as a major functional materials design principle in recent years has prompted us to investigate how compositional disorder affects long-range magnet…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Orbital-lattice coupling and polaronic dressing of electronic states in PrCaMnO revealed by ultrafast broadband spectroscopy

Emmanuel B. Amuah, Khalid M. Siddiqui, Maurizio Monti +6

The interplay between long-range structural distortions and orbital order, and local short-range phenomena such as polarons, are key for understanding the properties of the mangani…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 1 cited

A versatile setup for symmetry-resolved ultrafast dynamics of quantum materials

Khalid M. Siddiqui, Hanna Strojecka, Thomas H. Meyland +4

Correlated phenomena occur in quantum materials because of the delicate interplay between internal degrees of freedom, leading to multiple symmetry-broken quantum phases. Resolving…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 3 cited

Ultrafast surface melting of orbital order in La0.5Sr1.5MnO4

Maurizio Monti, Khalid M. Siddiqui, Daniel Perez-Salinas +12

Understanding how light modifies long-range order in quantum materials is key to improving our ability to control functionality. However, this is challenging if the response is het…

cond-mat.str-el2022★ 56 cited

Ultrafast X-ray imaging of the light-induced phase transition in VO2

Allan S. Johnson, Daniel Pérez-Salinas, Khalid M. Siddiqui +26

Using light to control transient phases in quantum materials is an emerging route to engineer new properties and functionality, with both thermal and non-thermal phases observed ou…

cond-mat.str-el2021★ 17 cited

Multi-mode excitation drives disorder during the ultrafast melting of a C4-symmetry-broken phase

Daniel Perez-Salinas, Allan S. Johnson, Dharmalingam Prabhakaran +1

Spontaneous C4-symmetry breaking phases are ubiquitous in layered quantum materials, and often compete with other phases such as superconductivity. Preferential suppression of the…

physics.optics2020★ 20 cited

Mapping nanoscale charge states and phase domains with quantitative hyperspectral coherent diffractive imaging spectroscopy

Allan S. Johnson, Jordi Valls Conesa, Luciana Vidas +7

The critical properties of functional materials and nanoscale devices often originate from the coexistence of different thermodynamic phases and / or oxidization states, but sample…

physics.optics2019

Study of second and third harmonic generation from an indium tin oxide nanolayer: influence of nonlocal effects and hot electrons

Laura Rodriguez-Sune, Michael Scalora, Allan Johnson +6

We report comparative experimental and theoretical studies of second and third harmonic generation from a 20nm-thick indium tin oxide layer in proximity of the epsilon-near-zero co…

cond-mat.str-el2018★ 47 cited

Does VO Host a Transient Monoclinic Metallic Phase?

Luciana Vidas, Daniel Schick, Elías Martínez +8

Ultrafast phase transitions induced by femtosecond light pulses present a new opportunity for manipulating the properties of materials. Understanding how these transient states are…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 33 cited

Nanoscale spectroscopic imaging of phase separation in a correlated material by resonant X-ray holography

Luciana Vidas, Christian M. Günther, Timothy A. Miller +8

Nanoscale phase coexistence and inhomogeneity are ubiquitous in correlated electron materials, existing in doped Mott insulators, manganites, and high-temperature superconductors.…