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most citedRevealing the dual nature of magnetism in iron pnictides and iron chalcogenides using x-ray emission spectroscopy

137 citations · 281 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

cond-mat.str-el2026

Unveiling High-Energy Ultrafast Responses Driven by Fermi-Level Gap Opening in Charge-Density Waves

Qiong Wu, Tianchen Hu, Junhan Huang +8

Ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy is indispensable for investigating interactions, collective excitations, and nonequilibrium dynamics in superconductors and correlated electron sy…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Temperature-driven sodium-ion dynamical-to-static crossover in the zig-zag ordered phase of NaCoO

Shangfei Wu, Hengxin Tan, Dong Wu +7

We employ polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy combined with first-principles calculations to study the sodium-ion lattice dynamics in a sodium zig-zag ordered cobaltate compou…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Coherent seeding and control of dynamical ferroelectricity by phonon anharmonicity

Junhan Huang, Yongkang Ju, Xinbo Wang +12

Optical control of quantum materials has progressed along two separate directions: creating non-equilibrium states inaccessible at equilibrium, and coherently controlling ultrafast…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Room-temperature multistage metastability in a moiré superstructure

B. Q. Lv, Yifan Su, Alfred Zong +16

Metastability is fundamental not only to phase ordering and transitions, but also to a broad range of modern technologies, from memory devices to metallic glasses. In condensed-mat…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Multimodal Terahertz Spectroscopy of the Pairing Symmetry and Normal-State Pseudogap in (La,Pr)NiO Films

Shuxiang Xu, Guangdi Zhou, Hao Wang +11

The discovery of ambient-pressure superconductivity in compressively strained (La,Pr)NiO thin films has intensified efforts to identify the pairing mechanism. However,…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Efficient high-harmonic generation in van der Waals ferroelectric NbOI crystals

Tianchen Hu, Feng Li, Junhan Huang +8

Layered NbOX (), a member of the van der Waals ferroelectric family, exhibits intrinsic ferroelectricity and pronounced nonlinear optical responses, mak…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Anomalous terahertz nonlinearity in disordered s-wave superconductor close to the superconductor-insulator transition

Hao Wang, Jiayu Yuan, Hongkai Shi +13

Detection of the Higgs mode in superconductors using nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy is a key area of interest in condensed matter physics. We investigate the influence of disorde…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Ultrafast giant enhancement of second harmonic generation in a strongly correlated cobaltite

Yuchen Cui, Qiaomei Liu, Qiong Wu +15

In quantum materials, nonlinear optical responses are highly sensitive to electronic structure and many-body interactions. Probing and manipulating such nonlinear processes is a co…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Structural contribution to light-induced gap suppression in TaNiSe

Zijing Chen, Chenhang Xu, Chendi Xie +13

An excitonic insulator is a material that hosts an exotic ground state, where an energy gap opens due to spontaneous condensation of bound electron-hole pairs. TaNiSe is a…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Mn4Al11: A Half-Semimetal Candidate with Anomalous Electronic Behaviors

Shanshan Han, Rongsheng Li, Xingxing Jiang +5

Half-semimetals, characterized by their spin-polarized electronic states, hold significant promise for spintronic applications but remain scarce due to stringent electronic and mag…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Field-induced spin continuum in twin-free NaCoSbO revealed by magneto-THz spectroscopy

Rongsheng Li, Liyu Shi, Yuchen Gu +9

The honeycomb magnet NaCoSbO recently emerged as a promising candidate for realizing Kitaev quantum spin liquid with relatively low levels of structural disorder. While…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Ultrafast Orbital-Selective Photodoping Melts Charge Order in Overdoped Bi-based Cuprates

Xinyi Jiang, Qizhi Li, Qingzheng Qiu +10

High-temperature superconductivity in cuprates remains one of the enduring puzzles of condensed matter physics, with charge order (CO) playing a central yet elusive role, particula…

cond-mat.supr-con2025★ 14 cited

Collapse of density wave and emergence of superconductivity in pressurized-LaNiO evidenced by ultrafast spectroscopy

Shuxiang Xu, Hao Wang, Mengwu Huo +7

Recent discoveries of superconductivity in Ruddlesden-Popper nickelates realize a rare category of superconductors. However, the use of high-pressure diamond anvil cells limits spe…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 4 cited

Photo-induced Dynamics and Momentum Distribution of Chiral Charge Density Waves in 1T-TiSe

Qingzheng Qiu, Sae Hwan Chun, Jaeku Park +14

Exploring the photoinduced dynamics of chiral states offers promising avenues for advanced control of condensed matter systems. Photoinduced or photoenhanced chirality in 1T-TiSe$_…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 5 cited

Interlayer Hopping between Surface Mott Insulator and Bulk Band Insulator in layered 1T-TaS_{2}

Zijian Lin, Jie Li, Xiaodong Cao +7

In condensed matter physics, various mechanisms give rise to distinct insulating phases. The competition and interplay between these phases remain elusive, even for the seemingly m…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

Selective excitation of collective modes in multiband superconductor MgB2

Jiayu Yuan, Liyu Shi, Tiequan Xu +7

Recent developments in nonequilibrium and nonlinear terahertz (THz) spectroscopies have significantly advanced our understanding of collective excitations in superconductors. Howev…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 1 cited

Using magnetic dynamics to measure the spin gap in a candidate Kitaev material

Xinyi Jiang, Qingzheng Qiu, Cheng Peng +16

Materials potentially hosting Kitaev spin-liquid states are considered crucial for realizing topological quantum computing. However, the intricate nature of spin interactions withi…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 29 cited

Origin of the density wave instability in trilayer nickelate LaNiO revealed by optical and ultrafast spectroscopy

Shuxiang Xu, Cui-Qun Chen, Mengwu Huo +9

In the intricate phase diagram of unconventional superconductors characterized by intertwined electronic orders and superconductivity, a key step in understanding the superconducti…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 4 cited

Pump-induced terahertz conductivity response and peculiar bound state in Mn3Si2Te6

Qiong Wu, Qiangwei Yin, Sijie Zhang +10

We report the significant enhancement on ultrafast terahertz optical conductivity and the unexpected formation of a polaronic-like state in semiconductor Mn3Si2Te6 at room temperat…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 10 cited

Room-temperature non-volatile optical manipulation of polar order in a charge density wave

Qiaomei Liu, Dong Wu, Tianyi Wu +19

Utilizing ultrafast light-matter interaction to manipulate electronic states of quantum materials is an emerging area of research in condensed matter physics. It has significant im…

physics.optics2023

Giant nonlinear optical wave mixing in van der Waals compound MnPSe3

Li Yue, Chang Liu, Shanshan Han +10

Optical nonlinearities, one of the most fascinating properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials, are essential for exploring novel physics in 2D systems and developing next-genera…

cond-mat.supr-con2021★ 19 cited

Transient Higgs oscillations and high-order nonlinear light-Higgs coupling in terahertz-wave drivenNbN superconductor

Z. X. Wang, J. R. Xue, H. K. Shi +6

We study the nonlinear optical response in a superconducting NbN thin film with strong terahertz (THz)wave. Besides the expected third harmonic generation, we observe a new transie…

cond-mat.supr-con2014★ 18 cited

Optical spectroscopy study of Nd(O,F)BiS2 single crystals

X. B. Wang, S. M. Nie, H. P. Wang +5

We present an optical spectroscopy study on F-substituted NdOBiS superconducting single crystals grown using KCl/LiCl flux method. The measurement reveals a simple metallic res…

cond-mat.supr-con2011★ 137 cited

Revealing the dual nature of magnetism in iron pnictides and iron chalcogenides using x-ray emission spectroscopy

H. Gretarsson, A. Lupascu, Jungho Kim +18

We report Fe K beta x-ray emission spectroscopy study of local magnetic moments in various iron based superconductors in their paramagnetic phases. Local magnetic moments are found…