Floquet engineering of quantum materials and ultrafast electronics
Takashi Oka
Max Planck Institute Physics of Complex Systems and Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden

Feb. 28, 2019, 1 p.m.


Realizing new quantum states in solid state materials is of fundamental interest. Thanks to recent developments in experimental techniques, Floquet engineering [1], i.e. control of quantum states by time periodical external fields, is becoming a practical way to search new exotic nonequilibrium quantum states. For example, using circularly polarized laser (CPL), it is possible to control the time-reversal symmetry of the materials. By applying CPL to materials such as 2D, 3D Dirac semimetals and Mott insulators, one can transform them into Floquet Chern insulator, Floquet Weyl semimetal [2], and even induce scalar chirality [3]. I will explain the basic theory of Floquet engineering and discuss their possible applications in ultrafast electronics.



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Floquet engineering of quantum materials and ultrafast electronics
Takashi Oka
Max Planck Institute Physics of Complex Systems and Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden

Feb. 28, 2019, 1 p.m.


Realizing new quantum states in solid state materials is of fundamental interest. Thanks to recent developments in experimental techniques, Floquet engineering [1], i.e. control of quantum states by time periodical external fields, is becoming a practical way to search new exotic nonequilibrium quantum states. For example, using circularly polarized laser (CPL), it is possible to control the time-reversal symmetry of the materials. By applying CPL to materials such as 2D, 3D Dirac semimetals and Mott insulators, one can transform them into Floquet Chern insulator, Floquet Weyl semimetal [2], and even induce scalar chirality [3]. I will explain the basic theory of Floquet engineering and discuss their possible applications in ultrafast electronics.



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