Ferroaxial Order: Control, Unconventional Responses, and Spectroscopy (FOCUS)

Workshops

When

2027/06/14 - 2027/06/17

Place

Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Donostia / San Sebastián

Organizers

María N. Gastiasoro (DIPC), Fernando de Juan (DIPC), Kenneth Burch (Boston College), Adolfo Grushin (DIPC),

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Ferroaxial orders have an axial-vector order parameter that preserves both inversion and time-reversal symmetry. They are immune to depolarizing fields and do not couple linearly to electric or magnetic fields. As such they are challenging to detect, define and switch. FOCUS brings together experimentalists and theorists working on this problem, from structural oxides to charge density waves, ferroaxial magnets and metals. The program covers three themes: control by strain and light, unconventional transport and optical responses, and spectroscopic probes, with an emphasis on open questions such as the origin and nature of ferroaxial transitions in several materials, and new phenomena that may be around the corner.