Publications 2025

Journal papers

• M. C. Chirita Mihaila, P. Koutenský, K. Moriová, M. Kozák, Light-based electron aberration corrector, Nat. Photon. 19, 1309 (2025). [doi: 10.1038/s41566–025–01760–8]
• A. Gindl, M. Čmel, F. Trojánek, P. Malý, M. Kozák, Ultrafast room-temperature valley manipulation in silicon and diamond, Nat. Phys. 21, 947–952 (2025). [doi: 10.1038/s41567–025–02862–4]
• H. Qiu, O. Franke, Y. Tian, Z. Kašpar, R. Rouzegar, O. Gueckstock, J. Wu, M. Zhu, B. Jin, Y. Xu, T. S. Seifert, D. Wu, P. W. Brouwer, T. Kampfrath, Hallmarks of Ballistic Terahertz Magnon Currents in an Antiferromagnetic Insulator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 176703 (2025). [doi: 10.1103/mk8h-yzkj]
• A. Gindl, P. Suthar, F. Trojánek, P. Malý, Thibault J.-Y. Derrien, M. Kozák, Attosecond Control of Solid-State High Harmonic Generation Using 𝜔−3⁢𝜔 Fields, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 176903 (2025). [doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.176903]
• M. C. Chirita Mihaila, N. Laštovičková Streshkova, M. Kozák, Light-Based Chromatic Aberration Correction of Ultrafast Electron Microscopes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 203802 (2025). [doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.203802]
• M. Surýnek, A. Farkaš, J. Zubáč, P. Kubaščík, K. Olejník, F. Krizek, L. Nádvorník, T. Ostatnický, R. P. Campion, V. Novák, T. Jungwirth, P. Němec, Sub-nanosecond heat-based logic, writing and reset in an antiferromagnetic magnetoresistive memory, PhotoniX 6, 46 (2025). [doi: 10.1186/s43074–025–00207–1]
• J. Zubáč, M. Surýnek, K. Olejník, A. Farkaš, F. Křížek, L. Nádvorník, P. Kubaščík, Z. Kašpar, F. Trojánek, R. P. Campion, V. Novák, P. Němec, T. Jungwirth, Investigation of Opto-magnetic Memory Effects in Antiferromagnetic CuMnAs Using Ultrafast Heat Dynamics and Quench Switching, Adv. Electron. Mater. 11, 2400835 (2025). [doi: 10.1002/aelm.202400835]
• P. Koutenský, N. Laštovičková Streshkova, K. Moriová, M. C. Chirita Mihaila, A. Knápek, D. Burda, M. Kozák, Ultrafast 4D Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy for Imaging of localized Optical Fields, ACS Photonics 12, 4452–4459 (2025). [doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00864]
• F. J. García de Abajo, A. Polman, C. I. Velasco, M. Kociak, L. H. G. Tizei, O. Stéphan, S. Meuret, T. Sannomiya, K. Akiba, Y. Auad, A. Feist, C. Ropers, P. Baum, J. H. Gaida, M. Sivis, H. Lourenço-Martins, L. Serafini, J. Verbeeck, A. Konečná, N. Talebi, B. M. Ferrari, C. J. R. Duncan, M. G. Bravi, I. Ostroman, G. M. Vanacore, E. Nussinson, R. Ruimy, Y. Adiv, A. Niedermayr, I. Kaminer, V. Di Giulio, O. Kfir, Z. Zhao, R. Shiloh, Y. Morimoto, M. Kozák, P. Hommelhoff, F. Barantani, F. Carbone, F. Chahshouri, W. Albrecht, S. Rey, T. Coenen, E. Kieft, H. L. Lalandec Robert, F. de Jong, and M. Solà-Garcia, Roadmap for quantum nanophotonics with free electrons, ACS Photonics 12, 4760 (2025). [doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00585]
• J. Zubáč, M. Surýnek, K. Olejník, A. Farkaš, F. Křížek, L. Nádvorník, P. Kubaščík, Z. Kašpar, F. Trojánek, R. P. Campion, V. Novák, P. Němec, T. Jungwirth, Neuromorphic information processing using ultrafast heat dynamics and quench switching of an antiferromagnet, Adv. Electron. Mater. 11, 2400835 (2025). [doi: 10.1002/aelm.202400835]
• M. Surýnek, J. Zubáč, K. Olejník, A. Farkaš, F. Křížek, L. Nádvorník, P. Kubaščík, F. Trojánek, R. P. Campion, V. Novák, T. Jungwirth, P. Němec, Picosecond transfer from short-term to long-term memory in analog antiferromagnetic memory device, Newton 1, 100034 (2025). [doi: 10.1016/j.newton.2025.100034]
• V. Wohlrath, Z. Sadeghi, J. Kimák, K. Hovořáková, P. Kubaščík, E. Schmoranzerová, L. Nádvorník, F. Trojánek, P. Němec, T. Ostatnický, Quadratic magneto-optical Kerr effect spectroscopy: polarization variation method for investigation of magnetic and magneto-optical anisotropies, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 58, 155001 (2025). [doi: 10.1088/1361–6463/adb760]
• I. Matulková, L. Bohatý, P. Becker, I. Císařová, R. Gyepesc, M. Fridrichová, J. Kroupa, P. Němec, I. Němec, Vibrational spectra, crystallographic study and optical properties of polar 2-aminopyrimidinium hydrogen phosphite and three centrosymmetric salts – bis(2-aminopyrimidinium) sulfate monohydrate and two 2-aminopyrimidinium hydrogen sulfate polymorphs, Opt. Materials 164, 117033 (2025). [doi: 10.1016/j.optmat.2025.117033]
• K. Moriová, P. Koutenský, M. C. Chirita Mihaila, M. Kozák, Temporal characterization of femtosecond electron pulses inside ultrafast scanning electron microscope, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 96, 063706 (2025). [doi: 10.1063/5.0258415]
• M. Kuchař, K. Moriová, M. Kozák, Analysis of electron spectra dynamics in a moving periodical ponderomotive potential, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 58, 055401 (2025). [doi: 10.1088/1361–6455/ada989]
• M. C. Chirita Mihaila, M. Kozák, Design for light-based spherical aberration correction of ultrafast electron microscopes, Opt. Express 33, 758–775 (2025). [doi: 10.1364/OE.542930]
• M. Kohlmann, L. Vollroth, K. Jäcke, K. Hovořaková, E. Schmoranzerová, K. Carva, D. Hinzke, U. Nowak, M. Münzenberg, J. Walowski, Exploring the impact of the inverse Faraday-effect on all-optical helicity-dependent magnetization switching, J. Appl. Phys. 138, 043901 (2025). [doi: 10.1063/5.0278337]
• A. Baďura, D. Kriegner, E. Schmoranzerová, K. Výborný, M. Leiviskä, R. L. Seeger, V. Baltz, D. Scheffler, S. Beckert, I. Kounta, L. Michez, L. Šmejkal, J. Sinova, S. T. B. Goennenwein, J. Železný, H. Reichlová, Even-in-magnetic field part of transverse resistivity as a probe of magnetic transitions, Appl. Phys. Lett. 126, 172404 (2025). [doi: 10.1063/5.0269699]
• J. Rial, M. Leiviskä, G. Skobjin, A. Baďura, G. Gaudin, F. Disdier, R. Schlitz, I. Kounta, S. Beckert, D. Kriegner, A. Thomas, E. Schmoranzerová, L. Šmejkal, J. Sinova, T. Jungwirth, L. Michez, H. Reichlová, S. T. B. Goennenwein, O. Gomonay, V. Baltz, Altermagnetic variants in thin films of Mn5Si3, Phys. Rev. B 110, L220411 (2025). [doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L220411]
• A. Chícharo, Z. Kašpar, T. G. Rappoport, A. Punjal, Chun-Da Liao, P. De Beule, J. Borme, N. M. R. Peres, P. Alpuim, Broadband high-performance terahertz polarizers by nanoimprint lithography for advanced applications, Opt. Express 33, 36682 (2025). [doi: 10.1364/OE.558242]
• K. Olejník, Z. Kašpar, J. Zubáč, S. Telkamp, A. Farkaš, D. Kriegner, K. Výborný, J. Železný, Z. Šobáň, P. Zeng, T. Jungwirth, V. Novák, F. Křížek, Quench switching of Mn2⁢As, Phys. Rev. B 112, 144404 (2025). [doi: 10.1103/1c81-tnzw]
• M. Kozák, Ultrarychlé procesy v polovodičových materiálech a jejich nanostrukturách, Čs. čas. fyz. 75 (6), 442 (2025).

Conferences - invited

• E. Schmoranzerová, F. Chudoba, I. Matulková, J. Střihavková, D. Kriegner, H. Reichlová, I. Soldatov, R. Schäfer, Searching for domains in MnTe by optical methods, Magnetic Frontiers 2025, Liblice, Czech Republic, 12.–16. 5. 2025. (invited talk)
• M. Kozák, Electron wave shaping in space and time using structured light, Electron Beam Spectroscopy for Nanophotonics 2025, ICFO, Barcelona, Spain, 29.–31. 10. 2025. (invited talk)
• M. C. Chirita Mihaila, N. Laštovičková Streshkova, M. Kozák, Ponderomotive engineering of electron beams, Microscopy Conference 2025, Karlsruhe, Germany, 31. 8.–4. 9. 2025. (invited talk)
• T. Ostatnický, E. Schmoranzerová, Z. Sadeghi, V. Wohlrath, J. Kimák, P. Němec, Application of Q-MOKE in Magnetometry, MMM conference, Palm Beach, Florida, 27.–31. 10. 2025. (invited talk)

Conferences - contributed

• K. Moriová, P. Koutenský, M. C. Chirita Mihaila, Z. Šobáň M. Kozák, Observation of Kapitza-Dirac effect with fast electrons, DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section, Regensburg, Germany, 16.–21. 3. 2025. (talk)
• M. Kozák, A. Gindl, M. Čmel, F. Trojánek, P. Malý, Ultrafast valleytronics in bulk crystals, Ultrafast Optics UFO XIV, Furnas, Azores, Portugal, 5.–10. 10. 2025. (talk)
• P. Němec, J. Kimák, F. Johnson, J. Zemen, K. Carva, J. Železný, E. Schmoranzerová, T. Ostatnický, D. Boldrin, L.F. Cohen, Ultrafast laser-induced spin tilt in non-collinear antiferromagnetic metal Mn3NiN, SPIN Galapagos 2025, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, 25.–30. 5. 2025. (talk)
• J. Jechumtál, O. Gueckstock, K. Jasenský, Z. Kašpar, K. Olejník, M. Gaerner, G. Reiss, S. Moser, P. Kessler, G. De Luca, S. Ganguly, Jose Santiso, D. Scheffler, J. Zázvorka, P. Kubaščík, H. Reichlová, E. Schmoranzerová, P. Němec, T. Jungwirth, P. Kužel, T. Kampfrath and L. Nádvorník, Spin-to-charge current conversion in altermagnet candidate RuO2 probed by terahertz emission spectroscopy, MMM conference, Palm Beach, Florida, 27.–31. 10. 2025. (talk)
• Z. Kašpar, O. Gueckstock, B. Das Mohapatra, G. Schmidt, T. S. Seifert, P. Kužel, L. Nádvorník, T. Kampfrath, Phase-resolved Ultrabroadband Terahertz Spectroscopy of Giant Magnetoresistance, MMM conference, Palm Beach, Florida, 27.–31. 10. 2025. (talk)
• M. Čmel, A. Gindl, F. Trojánek, P. Malý, M. Kozák, Ultrafast valleytronics in diamond, Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2025 – SBDD XXIX, Hasselt, Belgium, 19.–21. 3. 2025. (poster)
• N. Laštovičková Streshkova, M. Kozák, Quantum Optical Electron Pulse Shaper, Electron Beam Spectroscopy for Nanophotonics 2025, ICFO, Barcelona, Spain, 29.–31. 10. 2025. (poster)
• A. Gindl, P. Suthar, F. Trojánek, P. Malý, T. J.-Y. Derrien, M. Kozák, Polarization anisotropy of high harmonic generation in silicon controlled by coherent combination of ω-3ω fields, ATTO X – 10th International Conference on Attosecond Science and Technology, Lund, Sweden, 6.–11. 7. 2025. (poster)
• M. C. Chirita Mihaila, P. Koutenský, K. Moriová, N. Laštovičková Streshkova, M. Kozák, Ponderomotive Control of Aberrations in Electron Optics, Electron Beam Spectroscopy for Nanophotonics 2025, ICFO, Barcelona, Spain, 29.–31. 10. 2025. (poster)
• P. Koutenský, N. Laštovičková Streshkova, K. Moirová, M. C. Chirita Mihaila, A. Knápek, D. Burda, M. Kozák, Ultrafast 4D scanning transmission electron microscopy for imaging of localized optical fields, Electron Beam Spectroscopy for Nanophotonics 2025, ICFO, Barcelona, Spain, 29.–31. 10. 2025. (poster)
• J. Střihavková, J. Kimák, Z. Sadeghi, D. Kriegner, H. Reichlová, G. Springholz, E. Schmoranzerová, P. Němec, Laser-induced dynamics of magnetic domains in MnTe, Trends in MAGnetism 2025 (TMAG), Bari, Italy, 1.–5. 9. 2025. (poster)
• T. Ostatnický, S. Sasi, F. Klimovič, Signatures of Electron Quantization in Nano-Systems, IRMMW-THz conference, Espoo, Finland, 17.–22. 8. 2025. (poster)
• J. Kimák, M. Nerodilová, K. Carva, S. Gosh, J. Železný, T. Ostatnický, J. Zemen, F. Johnson, D. Boldrin, F. Rendell-Bhatti, B. Zou, A. P. Mihai, X. Sun, F. Yu, E. Schmoranzerová, L. Nádvorník, L.F. Cohen, P. Němec, Ultrafast non-thermal control of spin ordering by linearly polarized light in noncollinear antiferromagnetic metals, IMPRS – FZU Joint Retreat, Turnov, Czech Republic, 23.–26. 9. 2025. (poster)