Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Ultrafast evolution and transient phases of a prototype out-of-equilibrium Mott–Hubbard material

  • G. Lantz,
  • B. Mansart,
  • D. Grieger,
  • D. Boschetto,
  • N. Nilforoushan,
  • E. Papalazarou,
  • N. Moisan,
  • L. Perfetti,
  • V. L. R. Jacques,
  • D. Le Bolloc'h,
  • C. Laulhé,
  • S. Ravy,
  • J-P Rueff,
  • T. E. Glover,
  • M. P. Hertlein,
  • Z. Hussain,
  • S. Song,
  • M. Chollet,
  • M. Fabrizio,
  • M. Marsi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13917
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Ultrafast photoexcitation stabilizes new states of matter with rich out-of-equilibrium behaviours. Here, Lantzet al. report a transient non-thermal phase developing immediately after photoexcitation in V2O3, shedding a light on optical manipulation of strongly correlated systems.