Kateryna Kusyak

MPI for the Structure and Dynamic of Matter, Hamburg
I’m interested in topological changes induced by light-matter interaction.

• Nationality: German
• BSc (Universität Hamburg, 2019)
• MSc (Universität Hamburg, 2022)
• Supervisor: James McIver
• Start of PhD Thesis: 01.10.2022
• Title of Project: Ultrafast Switching of Metastable Topological Transport

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Thesis Abstract:
I am investigating how ultrafast light-matter interaction can manipulate the topology of quantum materials. I probe these effects in the electrical transport sector using a chip-scale ultrafast optoelectronic device architecture based on waveguides and photoconductive switches. I’m currently researching how light can induce topological transitions in Weyl semimetals.