Nature Communications (May 2021)

Nonequilibrium charge-density-wave order beyond the thermal limit

  • J. Maklar,
  • Y. W. Windsor,
  • C. W. Nicholson,
  • M. Puppin,
  • P. Walmsley,
  • V. Esposito,
  • M. Porer,
  • J. Rittmann,
  • D. Leuenberger,
  • M. Kubli,
  • M. Savoini,
  • E. Abreu,
  • S. L. Johnson,
  • P. Beaud,
  • G. Ingold,
  • U. Staub,
  • I. R. Fisher,
  • R. Ernstorfer,
  • M. Wolf,
  • L. Rettig

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22778-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Photo-induced phase transitions triggered by an ultrafast excitation cannot be described within the quasi-equilibrium framework. Here, using time-resolved experimental probes, the authors report a transient charge-density-wave order in TbTe3 and describe it using a model with a non-equilibrium transition temperature.