Optically driven matter (B05)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 277146847

Optically driving materials into a non-equilibrium state opens the way to obtain a detailed understanding of the interactions between the magnetic, orbital, electronic, and lattice degrees of freedom which determine the physical properties of a material. At the same time, it also provides the means to coherently or incoherently drive systems into novel states of matter. In this project, by utilizing complementary optical time-domain techniques, covering a broad frequency range from terahertz all the way to visible light, we will study optical driven transient states and non-equilibrium dynamics in (i) topological matter; (ii) quantum spin systems; and (iii) spin-orbit coupled two-dimensional materials.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1238: Control and Dynamics of Quantum Materials
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Paul H. M. van Loosdrecht; Professor Dr. Zhe Wang, since 7/2020