Ultrafast photo-induced melting of the trimer superstructure in 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

We report the first ultrafast study of TaTe2, utilizing MeV-scale ultrafast electron diffraction to reveal rapid photo-induced melting of its low-temperature trimer superstructure. Density-functional calculations indicate intra-trimer charge transfer as a trigger of this transformation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberFF2L.4
JournalOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
StatePublished - 2021
EventCLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO: QELS 2021 - Part of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: May 9 2021May 14 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanics of Materials

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