Scientists uncover new way to control magnetism and topology using light in atomically thin materials

Envision a material whose magnetic properties and electronic topology can be toggled by exposure to light, paving the way for ...
Phys.org

Controlling magnetism with polarized light: Non-thermal pathway uses inverse Faraday effect

Intense laser pulses can be used to manipulate or even switch the magnetization orientation of a material on extremely short time scales. Typically, such effects are thermally induced, as the absorbed ...
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From nonmagnetic to magnetic: A 2D semiconductor with electrically tunable magnetism

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with scientists from institutions in Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Germany, have demonstrated a way to introduce ...
Nanowerk

Scientists predict a new way to control magnetism and topology using light in atomically thin materials

Researchers at Monash University have predicted that this kind of switching is possible in the two-dimensional magnetic topological material MnBi₂Te₄, through a type of hybrid light–matter excitation ...