ExpandQISE: Track 1: Light-controlled magnetism in Floquet-Bloch systems

非技术摘要：材料合成和纳米技术的最新进展导致了由量子限制和电子相互作用产生的具有优异性能的新材料的发现，为量子材料领域开辟了道路，并为未来的高性能电子学建立新的平台提供了诱人的前景。在所有情况下，量子系统的实际使用带来了培训广泛和多样化的劳动力的挑战，这是将所有这些潜力转变为现实所必需的。这个项目的重点是劳动力培训，同时探索在高强度光场照射下量子材料中的光与物质的相互作用，在这种情况下，光可以改变材料的性质并根据需要创建新的量子态。该项目将变革性研究与新墨西哥理工大学在乔治城大学的指导下开发的量子材料和技术新教育项目相结合，并可能让来自新墨西哥州其他学院和大学的学生参与。研究活动、课程开发和机构之间的合作为西班牙裔和其他未被充分代表的少数民族学生提供不同级别的量子材料教育和培训。技术摘要：该项目的科学目标是通过实验(新墨西哥理工大学、乔治城大学)和理论(智利大学圣地亚哥大学)的协同作用来研究Floquet-Bloch系统中的光感应磁性。具体地说，该项目提出了在2D材料(石墨烯、MoS2、WS2)和3D材料(例如石墨)中进行Floquite-Bloch态磁学观测的实验。磁学是一种新的、很有前途的探测FloquetBloch态的方法。本项目中提出的Floquet-Bloch态磁学研究的具体实验集中于发展一种灵敏的磁测量技术，用于Floquet研究中的磁检测：1)2D材料中与Floquet边缘态相关的电流：2)石墨烯中自发非平衡磁的预测；3)观察过渡金属二卤化物中的磁谷电子现象和4)在3D材料中磁探测Floquite-Bloch态。该项目由多学科活动办公室(MPS/OMA)、既定的促进竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)和技术前沿计划(TIP/TF)联合资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Non-technical Abstract: Recent advancements in material synthesis and nanotechnology have led to the discovery of new materials with superior properties that arise from quantum confinement and electronic interactions, opening the way to the field of quantum materials and attractive prospects to establish new platforms for future high-performance electronics. In all cases, the practical use of quantum systems brings the challenge of training the broad and diverse workforce that is necessary to transform all this potential into a reality. This project focuses on workforce training while exploring light-matter interaction in quantum materials under irradiation with high-intensity optical fields, in a regime where light can change the material properties and create new quantum states on demand. This project combines transformative research with the development of a new education program in quantum materials and technologies at New Mexico Tech, under the Georgetown University mentorship, with the possibility of involvement of students from other New Mexico colleges and universities. The research activity, curriculum development, and collaboration between institutions provide education and training in quantum materials to Hispanic and other underrepresented minority students at different levels. Technical Abstract: The project's scientific goal is to investigate light-induced magnetism in Floquet-Bloch systems with a synergy of experiment (New Mexico Tech, Georgetown University) and theory (University of Chile-Santiago). Specifically, this project proposes experiments for the magnetometric observation of Floquet-Bloch states in 2D materials (graphene, MoS2, WS2) and 3D materials, e.g., graphite. Magnetometry is a novel and promising approach for detecting Floquet Bloch states. The specific experiments on magnetometry studies of Floquet-Bloch states proposed in this project focus on the development of a sensitive magnetometric measurement technique for Floquet research towards magnetic detection of: 1) Floquet edge-states-related currents in 2D materials; 2) the predicted occurrence of spontaneous non-equilibrium magnetism in graphene; 3) the observation of magneto- valleytronic phenomena in transition metal dichalcogenides and 4) magnetic detection of Floquet-Bloch states in 3D materials.This project is jointly funded by The Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (MPS/OMA), the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), and Technology Frontiers Program (TIP/TF).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.