laser polarization-dependent magnetization and spin dynamics in altermagnets
Using real-time TDDFT, our research focuses on laser-driven electron, spin, and phonon dynamics in unconventional magnetic systems, with particular emphasis on altermagnets.
Zhou, Z., Sharma, S., He, J., Ultrafast controlling net magnetization in g-wave altermagnets via laser fields. arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.14991. (2025) https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14991
Li, S., Wang, R., Frauenheim, T., Zhou, Z., He, J., Asymmetric Spin Canting and Demagnetization Dynamics Driven by Laser Fields in Two-dimensional Altermagnets. Submission
Zhou, Z., Sharma, S. Dewhurst, J.K., and He, J., Magnetizing altermagnets by ultrafast asymmetric spin dynamics. arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.01258. (2025) https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01258
We have applied ab initio non-adiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) with surface hopping in the hot carrier and spin relaxation dynamics in various systems, including Perovskite, 2D magnetic materials, and heterostructures. See paper:
Nano Lett., 2023, 23, 8348-8354.; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 18126-18134.; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 29905-29912; Nano Lett., 2023, 23, 5688–5695; J. Phys. Chem. Lett.,13, 4955-4962 (2022)
We have applied real-time TDDFT coupled with Ehrenfest dynamics in interlayer/intralayer spin transfer and spin-phonon dynamics in 2D magnets and vdW heterostructures. (motivated by my DFG project: 448002124); See paper:
Nano Lett. 24, 12062-12069 (2024); J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 11, 6219-6226 (2020); Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 3237−3244; J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 2765−2771; J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 11274−11280; J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 2493−2498; ACS Nano 2024, 18, 11732−11739; J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 5939−5946;
We mainly applied DFT methods combined with an atomistic spin model and Wannier techniques to identify the new 2D magnets and its related quantum properties, such as Chern insulator and Valley polarization. See paper:
Nanoscale 9 (6), 2246-2252, (2017). (Citation>150); Nanoscale, 2023,15, 16992-16997; J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 11132-11141; J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 2518-2526. (citation >250); J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 11143-11149; (citation >200) J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 6500-6509. (citation >160); Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 356-364. (citation >140);