Condensed-matter physics Light tailors the electronic properties of a model semiconductor

When a semiconductor material called black phosphorus is hit with intense laser light, the behaviour of its electrons is found to change. The discovery opens a route to time-dependent engineering of exotic electronic phases in solids.

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When black phosphorus, a semiconductor material, is exposed to intense laser light, it was observed that the behavior of its electrons changed. This discovery paves the way for time-dependent engineering of exotic electronic phases in solids.