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2026-06-27
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Published: 26 June 2026
Ultrashort light pulses can transform a semiconductor into a topological insulator
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The electronic structure of materials can be tailored using pulses of light, and through this so-called Floquet engineering, novel materials can be designed. Now, the technique has been us