Welcome to the Huber group at the University of Regensburg!
Many of the fundamental laws and unexpected phenomena in condensed matter physics are caused by extremely fast dynamics of electrons and ions on the femtosecond time (1 fs = 10-15 s) and terahertz frequency scale (1 THz = 1012 Hz). Unravelling such ultrafast processes is the main interest of our research. We develop next-generation, high-intensity femtosecond laser sources and THz technology, and employ them to explore novel femtophysics.
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2021-05-13
In collaboration with the group of Jaroslav Fabian (UR) and together with Tyler Cocker and Jessica Boland, we implemented a novel concept to map out ultrafast interlayer tunneling and recombination dynamics of excitons in van der Waals heterostructures in a contact-free manner. The new technique provides spatiotemporal access to tunnelling processes in insulating, conducting, or superconducting systems, on nanometer length and femtosecond time scales, conceptually bridging the gap between near-field microscopy and light-wave driven STM.
Press release (idw) in German
Press release (idw) in English
The results have been published in Nature Photonics. ...
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2021-05-07
Fabian Mooshammer received the PhD award by the German terahertz center (Deutsches Terahertzzentrum e.V.) for his thesis "Multi-terahertz nanotomography of van der Waals quantum materials". The biennial award was conferred in the annual meeting on May 7....
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2021-04-28
Together with the groups of Dominique Bougeard (UR) and Cristiano Ciuti (Université de Paris), we explored a novel regime of light-matter interaction, where both the Rabi frequency induced by a coherent driving field and the vacuum Rabi frequency set by a cavity field are comparable to the carrier frequency of light. The resulting subcycle nonlinearities may facilitate novel nonclassical light sources, quantum phase transitions, or cavity chemistry with virtual photons.
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2021-03-22
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new RUN website: https://www.run-regensburg.com/
The new website offers quick and easy access to essential information on the RUN, dates, availability, press releases, construction progress, publications, and open positions.
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2021-03-19
In a collaboration with the group of Ermin Malic (University of Marburg), we demonstrated proximity-controlled strong-coupling between phonons and electrically neutral excitons at atomically sharp interfaces of WSe2/gypsum heterostructures, creating new exciton-phonon mixed eigenmodes, called excitonic Lyman polarons. These findings could enable new man-made phase transitions in artificially stacked materials.
Press release (idw) in German
Press release (idw) in English
Press release (Science X) in English
The results have been published in Nature Communications and are featured in the Editors' Highlights....
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Our group regularly receives funding from national and international research agencies. Among them are:
The German Science Foundation
with funding for SFB 1277, as well as smaller grants (HU1598) and major instrumentation
The European Research Council
through several grants, including ERC grant 101071259 (Orbital Cinema), ERC grant 305003 (QUANTUMsubCYCLE) and ERC grant 681379 (SPRINT)
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
with several current and past fellowships, including funding for N. Nilforoushan
The German Federal Republic and the Free State of Bavaria
funding the Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy according to Art. 91b Abs. 1 Satz 1 GG
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