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20242026
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7 papers

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…

physics.optics2026

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…

physics.optics2024

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

Experimental observation of repulsively bound magnons

Zhe Wang, Catalin-Mihai Halati, Jean-Sébastien Bernier +9

Stable composite objects, such as hadrons, nuclei, atoms, molecules and superconducting pairs, formed by attractive forces are ubiquitous in nature. By contrast, composite objects…