Inhibition of the photoinduced structural phase transition in the excitonic insulator ${\mathrm{Ta}}_{2}{\mathrm{NiSe}}_{5}$
- Mor, Selene Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin, Germany
- Herzog, Marc Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin, Germany - Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Germany
- Noack, Johannes Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin, Germany
- Katayama, Naoyuki Department of Physical Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
- Nohara, Minoru Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Japan
- Takagi, Hide Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany - Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Trunschke, Annette Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin, Germany
- Mizokawa, Takashi Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
- Monney, Claude Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Stähler, Julia Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin, Germany
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26.03.2018
Published in:
- Physical Review B. - 2018, vol. 97, no. 11, p. 115154
English
Femtosecond time-resolved midinfrared reflectivity is used to investigate the electron and phonon dynamics occurring at the direct band gap of the excitonic insulator Ta2NiSe5 below the critical temperature of its structural phase transition. We find that the phonon dynamics show a strong coupling to the excitation of free carriers at the Γ point of the Brillouin zone. The optical response saturates at a critical excitation fluence FC=0.30±0.08 mJ/cm2 due to optical absorption saturation. This limits the optical excitation density in Ta2NiSe5 so that the system cannot be pumped sufficiently strongly to undergo the structural change to the high-temperature phase. We thereby demonstrate that Ta2NiSe5 exhibits a blocking mechanism when pumped in the near-infrared regime, preventing a nonthermal structural phase transition.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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- Département de Physique
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- English
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- Physics
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- RERO DOC 309090
- DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.115154
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- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/306677
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