Things that can happen when you "kick" a solid |
TYPE | Colloquium |
Speaker: | Daniel Podolsky |
Date: | 03.05.2021 |
Time: | 16:00 - 17:00 |
Location: | Lidow Rosen Auditorium (323) |
Abstract: | What happens when you shine a very short but intense pulse of light at a solid (a sort of optical kick)? Usually, the answer is boring: the sample heats up momentarily. In some cases, however, remarkable effects are seen, such as phase transitions into otherwise inaccessible phases, or the temporary formation of superconductivity. In this talk, I will discuss some of these effects, as well as new dynamical phenomena that result from the suddenness of these phase transitions. |