Light-Induced Dynamical Control of Quantum Materials: Light control of 2D materials and Floquet states

Presentations

• Ultrafast molecular state control enabled by terahertz-field-driven scanning tunneling microscopy

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Kensuke Kimura

    • RIKEN

  Authors

  • Kensuke Kimura

    • RIKEN

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• Single-shot ultrafast laser induced electronic band structure modification in TaTe₂

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Swapneal Jain

    • University of Alabama

  Authors

  • Swapneal Jain

    • University of Alabama

  • Cheng Hsun Wu

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Nathaniel B Lowe

    • University of Alabama

  • Cheng Hu

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Luca Moreschini

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Christopher Jozwiak

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Advanced Light Source
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • LBNL
    • Advanced Light Source
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Aaron Bostwick

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Advanced Light Source
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • LBNL
    • Advanced Light Source
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Zhiqiang Mao

    • The Pennsylvania State University
    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Alessandra Lanzara

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Yi Lin

    • University of Alabama

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• Altering the electron-phonon coupling by strong photoexcitation in Ta₂NiSe₅

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Gabriele Berruto

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Gabriele Berruto

    • University of Chicago

  • Haoran Lin

    • University of Chicago

  • Burak Gurlek

    • Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter

  • Qiang Gao

    • University of Chicago

  • Zhibo Kang

    • Yale University

  • Angel Rubio

    • Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter
    • Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter; Simons Foundation (Flatiron Institute)

  • Simone Latini

    • Technical University of Denmark

  • Yu He

    • Yale University

  • Yao Wang

    • Emory University
    • Clemson University

  • Shuolong Yang

    • University of Chicago
    • The University of Chicago

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• Investigating Electron-phonon Coupling in the van de Waals ferromagnet CrGeTe₃ by trARPES

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • BO LIU

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • BO LIU

    • Stanford University

  • Lebing Chen

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Noah Matthew Meyer

    • Stanford University

  • Qinda Guo

    • Stanford University

  • Denny Puntel

    • Stanford University

  • Bin Gao

    • Rice University

  • Pengcheng Dai

    • Rice University

  • Robert J Birgeneau

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Jonathan A Sobota

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Patrick S Kirchmann

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Zhi-Xun Shen

    • Stanford University

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• Mode-selective coherent spin lattice coupling in Cr₂Ge₂Te₆

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Publication: Mode-selective coherent spin lattice coupling in Cr2Ge2Te6, S. Pan et al., to be submitted.

  Presenters

  • Shuaiwei Pan

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Shuaiwei Pan

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Theodor Griepe

    • Spanish National Research Council

  • Sheng-Chih Lin

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Xiaochen Fang

    • Rutgers University

  • Sang-Wook Cheong

    • Rutgers University

  • Unai Atxitia

    • Spanish National Research Council

  • Michael Zuerch

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Optical Manipulation of Magnetic Phase in Bilayer CrI3

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • William Harris

    • University of California, Irvine

  Authors

  • William Harris

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Maxim Shcherbakov

    • academic advisor

  • Ruqian Wu

    • UCI
    • University of California, Irvine

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• Towards Floquet-topological Insulators by Polarized Microwave Drive on Three-terminal Graphene Josephson Junctions

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Dongsung T. Park

    • Postech

  Authors

  • Dongsung T. Park

    • Postech

  • Sein Park

    • Postech

  • Woochan Jung

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Wonjun Lee

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Seyoung Jin

    • POSTECH

  • Minjae Yu

    • Postech

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute of Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute of Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan

  • Kenji Watanabe

    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute of Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan

  • Gil Young Cho

    • KAIST
    • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  • Gil-Ho Lee

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

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• Testing steady-state Floquet engineering in graphene

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Publication: Y. Liu, C. Yang, G. Gaertner, J. Huckabee, A.V. Suslov, G. Refael, F. Nathan, C. Lewandowski, L.E.F. Foa Torres, I. Esin, P. Barbara, N.G. Kalugin, Nature Communications, 16 (2025) 2057.
  Yijing Liu, DaVonne Henry, Taylor Terrones, Alexis J. Demirjian, Alexey Suslov, Valery Ortiz Jimenez, Ngoc Thanh Mai Tran, Curt A. Richter, Albert F. Rigosi, Amy Y. Liu, Nikolai G. Kalugin, Paola Barbara, Gate-assisted programmable molecular doping of epitaxial graphene devices. Submitted for publication (2025).

  Presenters

  • Nikolai G Kalugin

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
    • New Mexico Tech

  Authors

  • Nikolai G Kalugin

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
    • New Mexico Tech

  • Yijing Liu

    • Georgetown University

  • Christopher Yang

    • Caltech

  • Shehan de Silva

    • Georgetown University

  • Zizhong Li

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Robert J Boyd

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • University of Wisconsin

  • DonDiego Rains

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
    • New Mexico Tech

  • Alexey Suslov

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

  • Gil Refael

    • Caltech

  • Frederick Nathan

    • Niels Bohr Insitute, University of Copenhagen

  • Cyprian Lewandowski

    • Florida State University
    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

  • Luis E. F. Foa Torres

    • University of Chile
    • Universidad de Chile

  • Iliya Esin

    • Bar-Ilan University

  • Daniel Rhodes

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Paola Barbara

    • Georgetown University

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• Infrared photoresponse in twisted bilayer graphene

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Shehan de Silva

    • Georgetown University

  Authors

  • Shehan de Silva

    • Georgetown University

  • Taylor Terrones

    • New Mexico Tech
    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  • Yijing Liu

    • Georgetown University

  • DonDiego Rains

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
    • New Mexico Tech

  • Zizhong Li

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Robert J Boyd

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • University of Wisconsin

  • Amjad Alqahtani

    • Georgetown University

  • Christopher Yang

    • California Institute of Technology

  • Alexey Suslov

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

  • Cyprian Lewandowski

    • Florida State University
    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

  • Iliya Esin

    • Bar-Ilan University

  • Daniel Rhodes

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Paola Barbara

    • Georgetown University

  • Nikolai G Kalugin

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
    • New Mexico Tech

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• Nonequilibrium Spin–Lattice Dynamics in FePS₃ from THz to Visible Excitations

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Yuichi Saito

    • New York University (NYU)

  Authors

  • Yuichi Saito

    • New York University (NYU)

  • Kota Katsumi

    • New York University (NYU)

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• Coherent phonon generation via exchange-mediated impulsive stimulated Raman scattering

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Iliya Esin

    • Bar-Ilan University

  Authors

  • Ryo Noguchi

    • Caltech

  • Iliya Esin

    • Bar-Ilan University

  • Jun-Yi Shan

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Xinwei Li

    • National University of Singapore

  • Carina Belvin

    • Caltech

  • Jaena Park

    • Seoul National University

  • Sungmin Lee

    • Seoul National University

  • Je-Geun Park

    • Seoul Natl Univ
    • Seoul National University

  • Gil Refael

    • Caltech

  • David Hsieh

    • Caltech

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