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用太赫兹辐射探测复杂系统中电子相共存的演化

Probing the evolution of electronic phase-coexistence in complex systems by terahertz radiation

G. L. Prajapati, Sarmistha Das, Rahul Dagar, V. Eswara Phanindra, D. S. Rana

摘要:

在复合氧化物中,在竞争能量的影响下的电子是两个或更多个电子/磁性相在相同结构配置中共存(或相分离)的基石。探讨这种相共存态的生长和演化过程,对于确定相关相变的正确机制至关重要。在这里,我们展示了太赫兹(THz)时域光谱和直流传输的组合作为一种新的策略来探测电子的相位共存。这在无序控制的相分离的稀土镍酸盐薄膜中得到了证明,该薄膜在180 K左右的直流电导率中表现出金属-绝缘体转变,但在低至低温的太赫兹(THz)动力学电导率中缺乏这种转变。这种明显的差异利用了两个极端的属性:i)太赫兹辐射对其波长兼容的电子不均匀性的空间范围的巨大敏感性,以及ii)对超出其波长大小的范围的不敏感性。这个功能是通用的性质(sans的光致效应),仅取决于绝缘/金属簇的大小,并制定了一种方法,具有独特的灵敏度,以调查电子相共存和任何材料系统的相变。

英文摘要:

In complex oxides, the electrons under the influence of competing energetics are the cornerstone of coexistence (or phase-separation) of two or more electronic/magnetic phases in same structural configuration. Probing of growth and evolution of such phase-coexistence state is crucial to determine the correct mechanism of related phase-transition. Here, we demonstrate the combination of terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy and DC transport as a novel strategy to probe the electronic phase-coexistence. This is demonstrated in disorder controlled phase-separated rare-earth nickelate thin films which exhibit metal-insulator transition in dc conductivity at around 180 K but lack this transition in terahertz (THz) dynamics conductivity down to low temperature. Such pronounced disparity exploits two extreme attributes: i) enormous sensitivity of THz radiation to a spatial range of its wavelength-compatible electronic inhomogeneities and ii) insensitivity to a range beyond the size of its wavelength. This feature is generic in nature (sans a photo-induced effect), depends solely on the size of insulating/metallic clusters and formulates a methodology with unique sensitivity to investigate electronic phase-coexistence and phase transition of any material system.

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