AEP Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Alberto de la Torre, Brown University
Description
“CONTROLLING QUANTUM MATTER: TOWARDS NONTHERMALITY AS A RESOURCE”
Dr. Alberto de la Torre
Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
Quantum materials display competing and coexisting emergent phases resulting from the intricate interplay between the active degrees of freedom. These quantum states can be independently accessed via external perturbations, making quantum materials an ideal platform to explore future technological applications. Recently, ultrafast light-matter interaction has enabled new pathways towards achieving new functionality based on emergent properties away from thermal equilibrium. In this talk, I will discuss how the combination of complex experimental techniques and new control strategies has allowed us to test fundamental concepts of strongly correlated materials, provide answers to long-standing questions of cuprate phenomenology, and reveal new phenomena without equilibrium counterpart [6]. I will also describe future directions and research opportunities utilizing ultrafast light-matter interaction as a resource.
MEETING ID: 976 2496 1930 PASSCODE: 122676
