The 2025 roadmap to ultrafast dynamics: frontiers of theoretical and computational modeling
Abstract The exploration of ultrafast phenomena is a frontier of condensed matter research, where the interplay of theory, computation, and experiment is unveiling new opportunities for understanding and engineering quantum materials. With the advent of advanced experimental techniques and computational tools, it has become possible to probe and manipulate nonequilibrium processes at unprecedented temporal and spatial resolutions, providing insights into the dynamical behavior of matter under extreme conditions. These capabilities have the potential to revolutionize fields ranging from optoelectronics and quantum information to catalysis and energy storage. This roadmap captures the collective progress and vision of leading researchers, addressing challenges and opportunities across key areas of ultrafast science and condensed matter. Contributions in this roadmap span the development of ab initio methods for time-resolved spectroscopy, the dynamics of driven correlated systems, the engineering of materials in optical cavities, and the adoption of FAIR principles for data sharing and analysis. Together, these efforts highlight the interdisciplinary nature of ultrafast research and its reliance on cutting-edge methodologies, including quantum electrodynamical density-functional theory, correlated electronic structure methods, nonequilibrium Green’s function approaches, quantum and ab initio simulations.
Authors
- Fabio Caruso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9989-3512)
- Davide Sangalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4268-9454)
- I-Te Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1649-7931)
- Joseph F. Rudzinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3403-640X)
- Dante Marvin Kennes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9838-6866)
- Simone Latini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9553-5259)
- Christoph Karrasch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5627-5041)
- Enrico Perfetto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2026-253X)
- Michael Ruggenthaler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0728-8372)
- Ofer Neufeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5477-2108)
- M. Bönitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7911-0656)
- Laurenz Rettig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0725-6696)
- Hannes Hübener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0105-1427)
- M. Fechner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2774-7684)
- Michael Schüler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7322-6367)
- Ralph Ernstorfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6665-3520)
- Dominik M. Juraschek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7210-8411)
- Claudia Draxl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3523-6657)
- Gianluca Stefanucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6197-8043)
- Jan‐Philip Joost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2237-8162)
- Umberto De Giovannini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4899-1304)
- Myrta Grüning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2549-6351)
- Claudio Attaccalite (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7660-261X)
- MARTIN C. ECKSTEIN (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0124-5408)
- Ángel Rubio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2060-3151)
- Ronaldo Rodrigues Pelá (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2413-7023)
- Philipp Werner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-6568)
- Michael A. Sentef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-0282)
- Samuel Shallcross
- S. Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3446-8341)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Aix-Marseille Université (FR)
- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Physics Materials
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae1165
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.49
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Flatiron Health
- European Commission
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
- Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
- National Center of Competence in Research Materials’ Revolution: Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials