JOŽEF STEFAN INSTITUTE
Department of Complex Matter
Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dynamics of Quantum matter

We explore non-equilibrium many-body dynamics in quantum systems that experience symmetry-breaking, topological, or jamming transitions. These systems encompass superconductors, charge-density wave, and magnetic materials.

Experimental Soft Matter Physics

The research is conducted within the “Light and Matter” research program. The interaction of light with matter is one of the most important fields of physics and optical processes are indispensable in many branches of modern industry.

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A high-efficiency programmable modulator for extreme ultraviolet light with nanometre feature size based on an electronic phase transition
Igor Vaskivskyi, Anze Mraz, Rok Venturini, Gregor Jecl, Yevhenii Vaskivskyi, Riccardo Mincigrucci, Laura Foglia, Dario De Angelis, Jacopo-Stefano Pelli-Cresi, Ettore Paltanin, Danny Fainozzi, Filippo Bencivenga, Claudio Masciovecchio & Dragan Mihailovic

Nature Photonics (2024), DOI: 10.1038/s41566-024-01389-z, COBISS.SI-ID: 186100483

Manipulation of fractionalized charge in the metastable topologically entangled state of a doped Wigner crystal
Anže Mraz, Michele Diego, Andrej Kranjec, Jaka Vodeb, Peter Karpov, Yaroslav Gerasimenko, Jan Ravnik, Yevhenii Vaskivskyi, Rok Venturini, Viktor V. Kabanov, Benjamin Lipovšek, Marko Topič, Igor Vaskivskyi, Dragan Mihailović

Nature communications, vol. 14, article no. 8214 (2023), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43800-3, COBISS.SI-ID: 179193091

Unconventional photoinduced charge density wave dynamics in 2H-NbSe[sub]2
Rok Venturini, Ankita Sarkar, Petra Šutar, Zvonko Jagličić, Igor Vaskivskyi, Evgeny A. Goreshnik, Dragan Mihailović, Tomaž Mertelj

Physical review. B., vol. 108, iss. 23, [article no.] 235160 (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.235160, COBISS.SI-ID: 178631939

Electrically tunable two-color cholesteric laser
Lotfi Saadaoui, Donghao Yang, Yu Wang, Faheem Hassan, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Xinzheng Zhang, Zenghua Gan, Yigang Li, Jingjun Xu

Polymers, vol. 15, iss. 24, art. no. 4656 (2023), DOI: 10.3390/polym15244656, COBISS.SI-ID: 177366275

Optical manipulation of sessile droplets of nematic liquid crystalline materials on the surface of a photovoltaic crystal
Ridvan Karapinar, Luka Cmok, Xinzheng Zhang, Irena Drevenšek Olenik

Journal of optical microsystems, vol. 3, iss. 4 (2023), DOI: 10.1117/1.JOM.3.4.041209, COBISS.SI-ID: 176890371

Coherent light control of a metastable hidden state
Julian Maklar, Jit Sarkar, Yaroslav Gerasimenko, Dragan Mihailović, Laurenz Rettig

Science advances, vol. 9, iss. 47, [article no.] eadi466 (2023), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi4661, COBISS.SI-ID: 174196995

Synthesis of barium hexaferrite nano-platelets for ethylene glycol ferrofluids
Y. Ahmed, Alison Paul, Patricija Hribar Boštjančič, Alenka Mertelj, Darja Lisjak, Daniel Ząbek

Journal of materials chemistry. C, Materials for optical and electronic devices, vol. 11, iss. 45 (2023), DOI: 10.1039/D3TC03833E, COBISS.SI-ID: 173219331

Collective and non-collective molecular dynamics in a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal studied by broadband dielectric spectroscopy
Aitor Erkoreka, Alenka Mertelj, Mingjun Huang, Satoshi Aya, Nerea Sebastián, Jesus Martinez-Perdiguero

Journal of chemical physics, vol. 159, iss. 18, [article no.] 184502 (2023), DOI: 10.1063/5.0173813, COBISS.SI-ID: 172422659

Chiral domain dynamics and transient interferences of mirrored superlattices in nonequilibrium electronic crystals
Jan Ravnik, Yevhenii Vaskivskyi, Jaka Vodeb, Michele Diego, Rok Venturini, Yaroslav Gerasimenko, Viktor V. Kabanov, Andrej Kranjec, Dragan Mihailović

Scientific reports, vol. 13, article no. 19622 (2023), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46659-y, COBISS.SI-ID: 171892995

Crystallization of polarons through charge and spin ordering transitions in 1T-TaS[sub]2
Emil S. Božin, A. M. Milinda Abeykoon, Steven D. Conradson, Gianguido Baldinozzi, Petra Šutar, Dragan Mihailović

Nature communications, vol. 14, article no. 7055 (2023), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42631-6, COBISS.SI-ID: 170878979

Possible eliashberg-type superconductivity enhancement effects in a two-band superconductor MgB[sub]2 driven by narrow-band THz pulses
S. Sobolev, Amon P. Lanz, Tao Dong, A. R. Pokharel, Viktor V. Kabanov, Jure Demšar

Physical review letters online, vol. 131, iss. 18 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.186903, COBISS.SI-ID: 170646275

Insights into the polaron physics of high temperature superconductors from optical and time-domain spectroscopy
Dragan Mihailović

Physica. C, Superconductivity and its applications, vol. 615 (2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354385, COBISS.SI-ID: 170588419

Zeeman splitting in doped antiferromagnetic semiconductors
Viktor V. Kabanov

Physica. C, Superconductivity and its applications, vol. 615, [article no.] 1354383 (2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354383, COBISS.SI-ID: 170559491

Cavity-mediated thermal control of metal-to-insulator transition in 1T-TaS[sub]2
Giacomo Jarc, Shahla Yasmin Mathengattil, Dragan Mihailović, Peter Prelovšek, Daniele Fausti

Nature, vol. 622, iss. 7983 (2023), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06596-2, COBISS.SI-ID: 169245443

Advantages of ferroelectrics as a component of heterostructures for electronic purposes : a DFT insight
Irina Piyanzina, Alexander Evseev, Kirill Evseev, Rinat F. Mamin, Oleg Nedopekin, Dmitrii Tayurskii, Viktor V. Kabanov

Materials, vol. 16, iss. 20, [article no.] 6672 (2023), DOI: 10.3390/ma16206672, COBISS.SI-ID: 168266499

Magnetically actuated surface microstructures for efficient transport and tunable separation of droplets and solids
Gaia Kravanja, Raphael Kriegl, Luka Hribar, Gašper Glavan, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Mikhail Shamonin, Matija Jezeršek

Advanced engineering materials, vol. 25, iss. 22, art. no. 2301000 (2023), DOI: 10.1002/adem.202301000, COBISS.SI-ID: 167150595

Interface disorder as the cause for the kinetic Rashba-Edelstein effect and interface spin-Hall effect at a metal-insulator boundary
Andrei Shumilin, Viktor V. Kabanov

Physical review research, vol. 5, iss. 3, [article no.] 033215 (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033215, COBISS.SI-ID: 165990659

Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and lane formation in ferromagnetic ferrofluids
Mojca Vilfan, Borut Lampret, Žiga Gregorin, Luka Cmok, Andrej Vilfan, Jürgen Klepp, Joachim Kohlbrecher, Patricija Hribar Boštjančič, Darja Lisjak, Alenka Mertelj

Small, vol. 19, iss. 52 (2023), DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304387, COBISS.SI-ID: 163350531

Objective monitoring of laser tattoo removal in human volunteers using an innovative optical technique : a proof of principle
Neža Golmajer Zima, Nina Verdel, Matjaž Lukač, Boris Majaron

Lasers in surgery and medicine, vol. 55, no. 8 (2023), DOI: 10.1002/lsm.23720, COBISS.SI-ID: 163247107

Locally induced shockwaves for selective perforation of cargo loaded lipid vesicles with temporal and spatial control
Jure Derganc, Špela Zemljič Jokhadar, Boris Majaron, Gašper Kokot

RSC advances, iss. 35 (2023), DOI: 10.1039/d3ra03988a, COBISS.SI-ID: 161977859

Spin injection in the doped bad metal SrTiO[sub]3
Patrizio Graziosi, Ilaria Bergenti, Lorenzo Vistoli, Viktor V. Kabanov, Valentin A. Dediu

Physical review research, vol. 5, [article no.] 033096 (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033096, COBISS.SI-ID: 161359619

Dielectric spectroscopy of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal and the effect of the sample thickness
Aitor Erkoreka, Jesus Martinez-Perdiguero, Richard J. Mandle, Alenka Mertelj, Nerea Sebastián

Journal of molecular liquids, vol. 387, [article no.] 122566 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.122566, COBISS.SI-ID: 159569667

Investigation of the features of a superconducting spin valve Fe1/Cu/Fe2/Cu/Pb on a piezoelectric PMN–PT substrate
Andrey Kamashev, Zvonko Jagličić, Viktor V. Kabanov

Magnetism, vol. 3, 3 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.3390/magnetism3030016, COBISS.SI-ID: 158759939

Experimental study of longitudinal, transverse and volume strains of magnetoactive elastomeric cylinders in uniform magnetic fields
Gašper Glavan, Inna A. Belyaeva, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Mikhail Shamonin

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 579, art. no. 170826 (2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2023.170826, COBISS.SI-ID: 154216451