中国物理B ›› 2025, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (10): 107801-107801.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/adfa7b

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Time-resolved x-ray scattering study on quantum materials

Xinyi Jiang(蒋心怡), Qingzheng Qiu(仇清正), and Yingying Peng(彭莹莹)†   

  1. International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 收稿日期:2025-06-06 修回日期:2025-07-29 接受日期:2025-08-12 发布日期:2025-10-20
  • 通讯作者: Yingying Peng E-mail:yingying.peng@pku.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Y.Y.P. is grateful for financial support from the National Key R&D Program of China (Grants Nos. 2024YFA1408702 and 2021YFA1401903), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. JQ24001), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12374143).

Time-resolved x-ray scattering study on quantum materials

Xinyi Jiang(蒋心怡), Qingzheng Qiu(仇清正), and Yingying Peng(彭莹莹)†   

  1. International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2025-06-06 Revised:2025-07-29 Accepted:2025-08-12 Published:2025-10-20
  • Contact: Yingying Peng E-mail:yingying.peng@pku.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Y.Y.P. is grateful for financial support from the National Key R&D Program of China (Grants Nos. 2024YFA1408702 and 2021YFA1401903), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. JQ24001), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12374143).

摘要: Quantum materials have attracted a great deal of attention because of their rich landscape of electronic structures, topological phases, strong correlation effects, and exotic orders. These systems provide a fertile platform for the exploration of novel quantum phenomena and materials applications. Particularly exciting is the exploration of nonequilibrium dynamics in quantum materials, which has significant research and potential application values. Pump-probe techniques play a key role in revealing the dynamics of quantum materials on remarkably short timescales, providing an attractive yet challenging avenue of research. In this context, time-resolved x-ray as an emerging probe exhibits high time resolution, momentum resolution, and substantial momentum coverage. It can reveal unprecedented transient states, distinguish between entangled ordered states, and has a compelling potential to probe ultrafast dynamics in a wide variety of quantum materials. Despite its unique advantages, time-resolved x-ray scattering still faces several technological and methodological challenges. In this review, we highlight recent advances focusing on the use of time-resolved x-ray scattering to probe dynamic processes in quantum materials. We discuss representative examples across structural, electronic, magnetic, and lattice degrees of freedom, and outline promising directions for future research in this rapidly evolving field.

关键词: time-resolved x-ray, quantum materials, pump-probe technique, non-equilibrium dynamics

Abstract: Quantum materials have attracted a great deal of attention because of their rich landscape of electronic structures, topological phases, strong correlation effects, and exotic orders. These systems provide a fertile platform for the exploration of novel quantum phenomena and materials applications. Particularly exciting is the exploration of nonequilibrium dynamics in quantum materials, which has significant research and potential application values. Pump-probe techniques play a key role in revealing the dynamics of quantum materials on remarkably short timescales, providing an attractive yet challenging avenue of research. In this context, time-resolved x-ray as an emerging probe exhibits high time resolution, momentum resolution, and substantial momentum coverage. It can reveal unprecedented transient states, distinguish between entangled ordered states, and has a compelling potential to probe ultrafast dynamics in a wide variety of quantum materials. Despite its unique advantages, time-resolved x-ray scattering still faces several technological and methodological challenges. In this review, we highlight recent advances focusing on the use of time-resolved x-ray scattering to probe dynamic processes in quantum materials. We discuss representative examples across structural, electronic, magnetic, and lattice degrees of freedom, and outline promising directions for future research in this rapidly evolving field.

Key words: time-resolved x-ray, quantum materials, pump-probe technique, non-equilibrium dynamics

中图分类号:  (Ultrafast spectroscopy (<1 psec))

  • 78.47.J-
78.47.je (Time resolved light scattering spectroscopy) 61.05.C- (X-ray diffraction and scattering)