Research
Laser-driven magnetic state defies equilibrium rules
Phys.org ·
The Brief
- Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and collaborators used lasers and neutrons to observe a long-lived quantum state in a magnetic material.
- The state persists beyond what equilibrium rules would predict, according to the report.
- The work is presented as a new way to study materials systems driven far from equilibrium.
Why it matters
It offers a new experimental route for studying how materials behave when driven far from equilibrium by light, which could inform future work on controlling magnetic states.
Who’s affected
- condensed matter and materials physicists
- researchers studying nonequilibrium quantum materials
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- #neutron scattering
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and their collaborators used lasers and neutrons to observe a long-lived quantum state in a magnetic material, opening a new way to study materials systems driven far from their equilibrium…