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most citedBreaking symmetry with light: photo-induced chirality in a non-chiral crystal

56 citations · 93 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Three-phonon mixing as a source of light-induced chirality

Y . Zhu, A. Vanderhaegen, Z. Zeng +7

Mid- and far-infrared optical pulses have found wide applicability in experiments in which collective modes of solids are driven nonlinearly, as a means to manipulate functional pr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

The optical phonoelectric effect

D. Choi, M. Först, M. Fechner +9

Piezoelectricity is a technologically important property of certain insulators in which mechanical strain induces an electrical polarization. However, the rate at which a piezoelec…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Giant Resonant Enhancement of Photoinduced Dynamical Cooper Pairing, far above

Sambuddha Chattopadhyay, Marios Michael, Andrea Cavalleri +1

Pump-probe experiments performed on have unveiled both optical and transport signatures of metastable light-induced superconductivity up to room tempe…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Enhanced coherence in the periodically driven two-dimensional XY model

Duilio De Santis, Marios H. Michael, Sambuddha Chattopadhyay +4

Strong optical drives have been shown to induce transient superconducting-like response in materials above their equilibrium . Many of these materials already exhibit short-ra…

physics.optics2025

Tunable narrowband THz generation in the organic crystal BNA

D. Pavicevic, M. Nishida, J. Song +2

The generation of tunable narrowband pulses is increasingly being pursued in terahertz science, for example to study the nonlinear response of individual modes of solids and molecu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

The Piezochiral Effect

Z. Zeng, M. Först, M. Fechner +3

Chirality is a pervasive property of matter that underpins many important phenomena across physics, chemistry and biology. Given its broad significance, the development of protocol…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Gap Inhomogeneity in Cuprates: a view from Two-Dimensional Josephson Echo Spectroscopy

Alex Gómez Salvador, Ivan Morera, Marios H. Michael +5

Novel theoretical developments have allowed to connect microscopic disorder in bosonic collective excitations to the signatures in two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy (Gómez Sal…

physics.optics2025

Broadband Single-Shot THz Sampling Using Reflection Gratings

Chih-Chieh Wu, Michele Buzzi, Andrea Cavalleri

Single-shot electro-optic sampling (EOS) is a powerful method enabling the measurement of weak terahertz signals that would otherwise require prohibitively long acquisition times.…

physics.optics2025

Space-time duality in polariton dynamics

Suheng Xu, Seunghwi Kim, Rocco A. Vitalone +13

The spatial and temporal dynamics of wave propagation are intertwined. A common manifestation of this duality emerges in the spatial and temporal decay of waves as they propagate t…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Ultrafast non-volatile rewritable ferroaxial switching

Z. Zeng, M. Först, M. Fechner +3

Ultrafast switching of ferroic phases is an important research frontier, with significant technological potential. Yet, current efforts are meeting some key challenges, ranging fro…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Cavity-altered superconductivity

Itai Keren, Tatiana A. Webb, Shuai Zhang +30

Is it feasible to alter the ground state properties of a material by engineering its electromagnetic environment? Inspired by theoretical predictions, experimental realizations of…

cond-mat.supr-con2025★ 3 cited

Signatures of three-dimensional photo-induced superconductivity in YBaCuO

M. Rosenberg, D. Nicoletti, M. Buzzi +5

Optical excitation of large-amplitude apical oxygen phonon oscillations has been shown to renormalize the electronic properties of YBaCuO, inducing a superconductin…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Enhanced coherent terahertz emission from critical superconducting fluctuations in YBaCuO

D. Nicoletti, M. Rosenberg, M. Buzzi +10

Coherent terahertz (THz) emission is emerging as a powerful new tool to probe symmetry breakings in quantum materials. This method relies on second order optical nonlinearities and…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Search for magnetic field expulsion in optically driven KC

G. De Vecchi, M. Buzzi, G. Jotzu +6

Photoexcited KC displays several properties reminiscent of equilibrium superconductivity, including transient optical spectra, pressure dependence, and I-V characteristi…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 1 cited

Two-dimensional spectroscopy of bosonic collective excitations in disordered many-body systems

Alex Gómez Salvador, Ivan Morera, Marios H. Michael +5

We present a novel theoretical approach for computing and analyzing two-dimensional spectroscopy of bosonic collective excitations in disordered many-body systems. Specifically, we…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

Generation of Ultrafast Magnetic Steps for Coherent Control

G. De Vecchi, G. Jotzu, M. Buzzi +5

A long-standing challenge in ultrafast magnetism and in functional materials research in general, has been the generation of a universal, ultrafast stimulus able to switch between…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 56 cited

Breaking symmetry with light: photo-induced chirality in a non-chiral crystal

Z. Zeng, M. Först, M. Fechner +7

Chirality is a pervasive form of symmetry that is intimately connected to the physical properties of solids, as well as the chemical and biological activity of molecular systems. H…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

Magnetic field expulsion in optically driven YBaCuO

Sebastian Fava, Giovanni De Vecchi, Gregor Jotzu +5

Coherent optical driving in quantum solids is emerging as a new research frontier, with many demonstrations of exotic non-equilibrium quantum phases. These are based on engineered…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 21 cited

Principles of 2D terahertz spectroscopy of collective excitations: the case of Josephson plasmons in layered superconductors

Alex Gómez Salvador, Pavel E. Dolgirev, Marios H. Michael +5

Two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy (2DTS), a terahertz analogue of nuclear magnetic resonance, is a new technique poised to address many open questions in complex condensed mat…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 12 cited

Squeezed Josephson plasmons in driven YBaCuO

N. Taherian, M. Först, A. Liu +10

The physics of driven collective modes in quantum materials underpin a number of striking non-equilibrium functional responses, which include enhanced magnetism, ferroelectricity a…

cond-mat.supr-con2023

Probing photo-induced granular superconductivity in KC thin films with an ultrafast on-chip voltmeter

Joseph D. Adelinia, Eryin Wang, Mariana Chavez-Cervantes +5

The physics of optically-induced superconductivity remains poorly understood, with questions that range from the underlying microscopic mechanism to the macroscopic electrical resp…