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ArticleNature physics2026

Optical control of electrons in a Floquet topological insulator.

Daniel M B Lesko, Tobias Weitz, Simon Wittigschlager, Weizhe Li, Christian Heide, Ofer Neufeld, Peter Hommelhoff

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Article in Nature physics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Daniel M B Lesko *Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8573-8295
Tobias Weitz *Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7392-0893
Simon WittigschlagerDepartment of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Weizhe LiDepartment of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6277-0399
Christian HeideDepartment of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7652-3241
Ofer NeufeldSchulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-5477-2108
Peter HommelhoffDepartment of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4757-5410

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Abstract

Light-dressed materials offer a route to generating electronic properties that differ from those of materials at equilibrium. The resulting band structures can host distinct quantum and topological phenomena. So far, optical control of charge within a light-dressed band structure has remained elusive. Here we demonstrate optical control of electrons in light-dressed graphene. By focusing circularly polarized femtosecond laser pulses at 1,550 nm on monolayer graphene, we generate a Floquet topological insulator. With a phase-locked second-harmonic field, we dynamically control electrons in this state, a technique we call harmonic Floquet spectroscopy. We observe photocurrent circular dichroism, an all-optical anomalous Hall effect and valley-polarized currents. The photocurrents show strong subcycle phase sensitivity, suggesting a route to ultrafast control in topological electronics, spectroscopy and attosecond physics in quantum materials.

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Nonlinear opticsTopological insulatorsUltrafast photonics

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