There exist two types of structural instability in polyacene: double bonds in a cis pattern and those in a trans pattern. They are isoenergetic but spectroscopically distinct. We demonstrate optical characterization and manipulation of Peierls-distorted polyacene employing both correlated and uncorrelated Hamiltonians. We clarify the phase boundaries of the cis- and trans-distorted isomers, elucidate their optical-conductivity spectra, and then explore their photoresponses. There occurs a photoinduced transformation in the polyacene structure, but it is one-way switching: The trans configuration is well convertible into the cis one, whereas the reverse conversion is much less feasible. Even the weakest light irradiation can cause a transition of uncorrelated electrons, while correlated electrons have a transition threshold against light irradiation.
Traversing double-well potential energy surfaces: photoinduced concurrent intralayer and interlayer structural transitions in XTe2 (X=Mo, W)
操纵量子材料中的晶体结构和相应的电子性质为探索奇异物理和实际应用提供了机会。本文通过超快电子衍射、结构因子计算和TDDFT-MD模拟,报道了XTe_2(X=Mo,W)的Td和1 T '相的光致层内和层间同时发生的结构转变。伴随着剪切位移的层间结构转变,层内Peierls扭曲的超快抑制在0.3 ps内被证明,并归因于Mo-Mo(W-W)键拉伸。我们讨论了与层内和层间结构跃迁相关的多量子电子态的修改,如拓扑能带反转和高阶拓扑态。通过超快结构响应确定了XTe 2中的孪晶结构和层错。我们的工作在原子和飞秒时空尺度上阐明了光致层内和层间结构转变的途径。此外,层内和层间同时发生的结构转变揭示了激光激发下材料系统中所有双阱势能面(DWPES)的遍历,这可能是光激发驱动对称性工程领域的内在机制,超越了单一DWPES转变模型和有序-无序转变模型.
First-order kinetics bottleneck during photoinduced ultrafast insulator-metal transition in 3D orbitally-driven Peierls insulator CuIr$_{2}$S$_{4}$
尖晶石结构的CuIr $_{2}$ S $_{4}$化合物显示出相当不寻常的轨道驱动的三维Peierls类绝缘体-金属转变。由于亚稳态辐照诱导无序弱导电态的存在,低温超导破缺绝缘态特别有趣。本文利用全光超快多脉冲时间分辨光谱技术研究了强飞秒光脉冲辐照效应。我们发现,低T对称破缺态的结构相干性强烈抑制在亚皮秒的时间尺度上的阈值激发通量以上,导致在结构上不均匀的瞬态持续几十皮秒,然后恢复到低T无序弱导电状态。电子顺序示出了在显著较低的注量阈值下的瞬态间隙填充。这些数据表明,光诱导过渡到高T金属相的动力学是由一阶过渡成核动力学,防止完整的超快结构转变,即使当吸收的能量显着超过平衡焓差的高T金属相。与此相反,动态解耦的电子顺序是短暂的亚皮秒时间尺度上,而独立地抑制由于光诱导莫特过渡。
Photoinduced orbital polarization and Jahn-Teller effect in RNiO$_3$
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室);Stanford University(斯坦福大学);SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(斯坦福直线加速器中心);Clausthal University of Technology(克劳斯塔尔工业大学);University of Göttingen(哥廷根大学)
Thermodynamics of the ultrafast phase transition of vanadium dioxide
IMDEA Nanoscience(IMDEA纳米科学研究所);CNRS, Univ Rennes, Institut de Physique de Rennes(法国国家科学研究中心,雷恩大学,雷恩物理研究所);The University of Tokyo(东京大学);Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST(加泰罗尼亚纳米科学与技术研究所(ICN2),西班牙高等科学研究理事会和巴塞罗那综合理工学院);Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University(奥胡斯大学物理与天文系)
Optically induced metallic state with persistent monoclinic symmetry in NdNiO$_3$
University of Zurich(苏黎世大学);Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy(马克斯·玻恩非线性光学和短脉冲光谱研究所);Harvard University(哈佛大学);Institute for Physics and Astronomy, TU Berlin(柏林工业大学物理与天文研究所)