High-speed control of polarization may lead to ultrafast modulators and help explore polarization-dependent ultrafast dynamics in matter. Now, femtosecond polarization switching is realized through intraband optical excitation in an ultrathin semiconductor layer.
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Li, D. Femtosecond polarization switching. Nature Photon 11, 336–337 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2017.77
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