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. Overarching goals of this project are advancing our understanding of interacting highly non-equilibrium states, discovery of novel optically induced states and phases, and optical control of properties of matter.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1238: Control and Dynamics of Quantum Materials
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Paul H. M. van Loosdrecht