Who: Prof. Alexander Balatsky (alexander.balatsky@uconn.edu)

When: Fall 2023

Title: Inverse Faraday Effect in Spatially Separated Exitons

Project: Analytical and numerical investigation of inverse Faraday effect (induction of magnetization) in transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers

References:

• Terahertz electric-field driven dynamical multiferroicity in SrTiO3 [arXiv:2210.01690 (2022)]
• Axial magnetoelectric effect in Dirac semimetals [Physical Review Letters 126, 247202 (2021)]
• Dynamically induced magnetism in KTaO3 [Physical Review Research 3, L022011 (2021)]