Quantum Mechanics
D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
J. J. Sakurai and J. Napolitano, Modern Quantum Mechanics (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
Solid State Physics
C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics (Wiley, 2004)
N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin, Solid State Physics (Cengage, 1976)
D. W. Snoke, Solid State Physics: Essential Concepts (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
Optics, Electromagnetism, and Spectroscopy
D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (Academic Press, 2020)
J.-C. Diels and W. Rudolph, Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena (Academic Press, 2006)
C. C. Gerry and P. L. Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
M. Fox, Quantum Optics: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2006)
M. Fox, Optical Properties of Solids (Oxford University Press, 2010)
P. Hamm and M. Zanni, Concepts and Methods of 2D Infrared Spectroscopy (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
J. Pickering, Ultrafast lasers and optics for experimentalists
M. Cardona, R. Merlin, Light Scattering in Solids IX (Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, 2007)
Ultrafast optical spectroscopy
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G. Tóth et al. Tilted pulse front pumping techniques for efficient terahertz pulse generation. Light Sci. Appl. 12, 256 (2023)
C.-J. Yang et al. Terahertz control of many-body dynamics in quantum materials. Nat. Rev. Mater. 8, 518 (2023)
A. De la Torre et al. Colloquium: Nonthermal pathways to ultrafast control in quantum materials. Rev. Mod. Phys. 93, 041002 (2021)
J. A. Spies et al. Terahertz spectroscopy of emerging materials. J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 22335 (2020)
J. Lloyd-Hughes and T.-I. Jeon. A review of the terahertz conductivity of bulk and nano-materials. J. Infrared Milli. Terahz. Waves 33, 871 (2012)
O. Kneller et al. Attosecond transient interferometry. Nat. Photon. 19, 134 (2025)
Excitons and light-matter interactions
G. Wang et al. Colloquium: Excitons in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides. Rev. Mod. Phys. 90, 021001 (2018)
X. Xu et al. Spin and pseudospins in layered transition metal dichalcogenides. Nat. Phys. 10, 343 (2014)
K. F. Mak et al. Light–valley interactions in 2D semiconductors. Nat. Photon. 12, 451 (2018)
E. Paik et al. Excitons and polaritons in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: a tutorial. Adv. Opt. Photon. 16, 1064 (2024)
S. Datta and X. Marie. Excitons and excitonic materials. MRS Bulletin 49, 852 (2024)
D. E. Chang et al. Quantum nonlinear optics—photon by photon. Nat. Photon. 8, 685 (2014)
G. Khitrova et al. Vacuum Rabi splitting in semiconductors. Nat. Phys. 2, 81 (2006)
Van der Waals heterostructures and moiré physics
D. Huang et al. Excitons in semiconductor moiré superlattices. Nat. Nanotechnol. 17, 227 (2022)
K. P. Nuckolls & A. Yazdani. A microscopic perspective on moiré materials. Nat. Rev. Mater. 9, 460 (2024)
P. A. Panteleón et al. Superconductivity and correlated phases in non-twisted bilayer and trilayer graphene. Nat. Rev. Phys. 5, 304 (2023)
N. Wilson et al. Excitons and emergent quantum phenomena in stacked 2D semiconductors. Nature 599, 383 (2021)