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Nonlinear optical diode effect in a magnetic Weyl semimetal

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Band Gap Renormalization at Different Symmetry Points in Perovskites

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Using ultrafast broad-band transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy of photoexcited MAPbBr3 thin films with probe continua in the visible and the mid- to deep-ultraviolet (UV) ranges, we capture the ultrafast renormalization at the fundamental gap at the R s ...

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Emergent coherent modes in nonlinear magnonic waveguides detected at ultrahigh frequency resolution

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