Ultrafast optical melting of trimer superstructure in layered 1T′-TaTe2

Khalid M. Siddiqui; Daniel B. Durham; Frederick Cropp; Colin Ophus; Sangeeta Rajpurohit; Yanglin Zhu; Johan D. Carlström; Camille Stavrakas; Zhiqiang Mao; Archana Raja; Pietro Musumeci; Liang Z. Tan; Andrew M. Minor; Daniele Filippetto; Robert A. Kaindl

doi:10.1038/s42005-021-00650-z

Communications Physics (Jul 2021)

Ultrafast optical melting of trimer superstructure in layered 1T′-TaTe2

Khalid M. Siddiqui,
Daniel B. Durham,
Frederick Cropp,
Colin Ophus,
Sangeeta Rajpurohit,
Yanglin Zhu,
Johan D. Carlström,
Camille Stavrakas,
Zhiqiang Mao,
Archana Raja,
Pietro Musumeci,
Liang Z. Tan,
Andrew M. Minor,
Daniele Filippetto,
Robert A. Kaindl

Affiliations

Khalid M. Siddiqui: Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Daniel B. Durham: National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Frederick Cropp: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles
Colin Ophus: National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sangeeta Rajpurohit: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Yanglin Zhu: Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University
Johan D. Carlström: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Camille Stavrakas: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Zhiqiang Mao: Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University
Archana Raja: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Pietro Musumeci: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles
Liang Z. Tan: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Andrew M. Minor: National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Daniele Filippetto: Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Robert A. Kaindl: Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00650-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Advanced time-resolved structural probes are enabling new views of rapid interactions and optical switching between symmetry-broken phases in quantum materials. Here, using relativistic ultrafast electron diffraction the authors investigate the dynamics of TaTe2 and chart the evolution of a distinct superstructure of trimer clusters which dissolve and form on picosecond time scales.

Published in Communications Physics

ISSN: 2399-3650 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy: Astrophysics; Science: Physics
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