Optical Sciences Colloquium: 'Light-Driven Correlated Magnets'

When: September 07, 2023 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Please join us for a public colloquium given by Kyle Seyler, assistant professor of optical sciences at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona.

Title: "Light-Driven Correlated Magnets"

Abstract: The quest to control the quantum properties of materials promises to unlock new physics and enable novel devices. An emerging approach is to harness ultrashort pulses of light to detect and modify the peculiar phenomena hosted by quantum materials. In this talk, Seyler will focus on our efforts to probe and control antiferromagnetic materials with ultrafast laser pulses. He will first show how optical second-harmonic generation can sensitively detect antiferromagnetic order, allowing the visualization of domains and domain walls. He will then highlight our discovery that antiferromagnetic domain walls can be driven to supersonic speeds by intense circularly polarized laser pulses.


Audience: All
Audience size: Medium (51-100)

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Campus: Main Campus

Address

Meinel Optical Sciences Building, Room 307, 1630 E. University Blvd.
Tucson, AZ
United States
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Contacts

Julissa Alvarez Wyant College of Optical Sciences

Requests for disability-related accommodations should be directed to the event's primary contact: Julissa Alvarez