Optical creation of a supercrystal with three-dimensional nanoscale periodicity

Stoica, V. A.; Laanait, N.; Dai, C.; Hong, Z.; Yuan, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Lei, S.; McCarter, M. R.; Yadav, A.; Damodaran, A. R.; Das, S.; Stone, G. A.; Karapetrova, J.; Walko, D. A.; Zhang, X.; Martin, L. W.; Ramesh, R.; Chen, L. -Q.; Wen, H.; Gopalan, V.; Freeland, J. W.

doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0311-x

Optical creation of a supercrystal with three-dimensional nanoscale periodicity

Journal Article · Mon Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Nature Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0311-x· OSTI ID:1510311

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Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Stimulation with ultrafast light pulses can realize and manipulate states of matter with emergent structural, electronic and magnetic phenomena. However, these non-equilibrium phases are often transient and the challenge is to stabilize them as persistent states. Here, we show that atomic-scale PbTiO₃/SrTiO₃ superlattices, counterpoising strain and polarization states in alternate layers, are converted by sub-picosecond optical pulses to a supercrystal phase. This phase persists indefinitely under ambient conditions, has not been created via equilibrium routes, and can be erased by heating. X-ray scattering and microscopy show this unusual phase consists of a coherent three-dimensional structure with polar, strain and charge-ordering periodicities of up to 30 nm. By adjusting only dielectric properties, the phase-field model describes this emergent phase as a photo-induced charge-stabilized supercrystal formed from a two-phase equilibrium state. Furthermore our results demonstrate opportunities for light-activated pathways to thermally inaccessible and emergent metastable states.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Scientific User Facilities Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1510311

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1542390
OSTI ID: 1862165

Journal Information:: Nature Materials, Journal Name: Nature Materials Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 18; ISSN 1476-1122

Publisher:: Springer Nature - Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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