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Ultrafast optically-induced melting of trimer clusters in 1T'-TaTe2

  • K. M. Siddiqui
  • , D. B. Durham
  • , F. Cropp
  • , S. Rajpurohit
  • , C. Ophus
  • , Y. Zhu
  • , J. D. Carlström
  • , C. Stavrakas
  • , Z. Mao
  • , A. Raja
  • , P. Musumeci
  • , L. Z. Tan
  • , A. M. Minor
  • , D. Filippetto
  • , R. A. Kaindl

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Abstract

Relativistic ultrafast electron diffraction is used to track the transient structural dynamics of tantalum ditelluride. We observe rapid photo-induced melting of its low-temperature trimer superstructure as driven by intra-trimer charge transfer.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberJW7A.112
JournalOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
StatePublished - 2021
EventLaser Science, LS 2021 - Part of Frontiers in Optics, FiO 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Nov 1 2021Nov 4 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanics of Materials

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