Our work of imaging the spatial dynamics of the insulator metal phase transition has been published in Nature Physics!
In this work, not only do we image dynamics of the phase transition with <50 nm spatial resolution and < 150 fs temporal resolution, but we also are able to perform spectroscopy on the transient state enabling us to identify differences between the light induced phase and the thermal phase.
12/2022
Our work in understanding how photoexcitation changes the lattice potential in V2O3 has now been published in Physical Review Letters.
12/2022
Congratulations to our former postdoc, Ernest Pastor, who has been awarded an ERC starting grant - PhotoDefect.
Good luck with the new project!
11/2022
Our work on the use of optical pulses to program neural networks in phase change materials is now published in nanophotonics.
The work was made in collaboration with Volker Sorger from George Washington University and Robert Simposon from the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
05/2022
Daniel Perez transfers from ICFO, Spain to join us as a postdoc.
Welcome Dani!
03/2022
We have submitted our latest work on nanoscale imaging of the ultrafast phase transition in VO2 imaged using PAL-XFEL. Here we use spectroscopically resolved coherent diffractive imaging to observe local changes in the domain structure with <50 nm spatial resolution.
Read more here
02/2022
Work from a theory collaboration with the group of Maciej Lewenstein at ICFO has been published in Physical Review B
02/2022
Our work on understanding electron spin and structural dynamics in the bilayer irridates is out in Physical Review B now!
02/2022
Daniel Perez sucessfully defended his thesis entitled "Inhomogeneity and Disorder in Ultrafast Phase Transitions" at ICFO.
Congratulations Dani!
01/2022
We have submitted a new pre-print on the photoinduced phase transition in V2O3. Here we show that the dynamics are governed by disorder and overdamping, rather than coherent motion, despite an ultrafast change in the potential symmetry.
Read more here: Ultrafast loss of lattice coherence in the light-induced structural phase transition of the Mott-Insulator V2O3
01/2022
Naman Agarwal joins the group as a post doc after completing his PhD at the european XFEL and Hamburg University.
Welcome Naman!
01/2022
Nina moves from Barcelona to Aarhus to finish her PhD in Denmark. Welcome Nina!
01/2022
Our work on disorder in the ultrafast melting of orbital ordering in the manganites has been published in Nature Communications
01/2022
