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Ultrafast melting of a charge-density wave in the Mott insulator 1T-TaS2.
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PMID:  21231136     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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Femtosecond time-resolved core-level photoemission spectroscopy with a free-electron laser is used to measure the atomic-site specific charge-order dynamics of the charge-density wave in the Mott insulator 1T-TaS2. After strong photoexcitation, a prompt loss of charge order and subsequent fast equilibration dynamics of the electron-lattice system are observed. On the time scale of electron-phonon thermalization, about 1 ps, the system is driven across a phase transition from a long-range charge ordered state to a quasiequilibrium state with domainlike short-range charge and lattice order. The experiment opens the way to study the nonequilibrium dynamics of condensed matter systems with full elemental, chemical, and atomic-site selectivity.
Authors:
S Hellmann; M Beye; C Sohrt; T Rohwer; F Sorgenfrei; H Redlin; M Kalläne; M Marczynski-Bühlow; F Hennies; M Bauer; A Föhlisch; L Kipp; W Wurth; K Rossnagel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-10-27
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review letters     Volume:  105     ISSN:  1079-7114     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys. Rev. Lett.     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401141     Medline TA:  Phys Rev Lett     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  187401     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany.
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