Watching excitons synchronize

Subjects Optics and photonicsPhysics The oscillating electric field emitted by excitons in layered antiferromagnets reveals how quasiparticles synchronize into collective coherence and shows that a complex multi-peak spectrum can arise from a single excitonic resonance dynamically modulated by spin and lattice excitations. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access through your institution Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Learn more Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 print issues and online access $259.00 per year only $21.58 per issue Learn more Rent or buy this article Prices vary by article type from$1.95 to$39.95 Learn more Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Fig. 1: Collective emission from coherent excitons in bulk CrSB.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. ReferencesYeung, M. et al. Nat. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02598-3 (2026).Article PubMed Google Scholar Herbst, A. et al. J. Phys. B 55, 172001 (2022).Article CAS Google Scholar Srivastava, A. et al. Nat. Photonics 18, 1320–1326 (2024).Article CAS Google Scholar Zimin, D., Ashoka, A., Reiter, F. & Rao, A. Light Sci. Appl. 15, 110 (2026).Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Scheffter, K., Srivastava, A., Herbst, A., Jun, S. & Fattahi, H. Proc. SPIE 13332, 133320A (2025).

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Google Scholar Download referencesAuthor informationAuthors and AffiliationsMax Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, GermanyHanieh FattahiAuthorsHanieh FattahiView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarCorresponding authorCorrespondence to Hanieh Fattahi.Ethics declarations Competing interests The author declares no competing interests. Rights and permissionsReprints and permissionsAbout this articleCite this articleFattahi, H. Watching excitons synchronize. Nat. Mater. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02618-2Download citationPublished: 27 May 2026Version of record: 27 May 2026DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02618-2Share this articleAnyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:Get shareable linkSorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article.Copy shareable link to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative Field-resolved observation of exciton coherence in a van der Waals magnet Matthew YeungAlexander von HoegenNuh Gedik Nature Materials Article 01 May 2026