Using coherent phonons for ultrafast control of the Dirac node of SrMnSb2

Weber, Chris P.; Masten, Madison G.; Ogloza, Thomas C.; Berggren, Bryan S.; Man, Michael K. L.; Dani, Keshav M.; Liu, Jinyu; Mao, Zhiqiang; Klug, Dennis D.; Adeleke, Adebayo A.; Yao, Yansun

doi:10.1103/physrevb.98.155115

Title: Using coherent phonons for ultrafast control of the Dirac node of SrMnSb₂

Journal Article · Mon Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.98.155115· OSTI ID:1611795

Weber, Chris P. ^[1]; Masten, Madison G. ^[1]; Ogloza, Thomas C. ^[1]; Berggren, Bryan S. ^[1]; Man, Michael K. L. ^[2]; Dani, Keshav M. ^[2]; Liu, Jinyu ^[3]; Mao, Zhiqiang ^[4]; Klug, Dennis D. ^[5]; Adeleke, Adebayo A. ^[6]; Yao, Yansun ^[6]

Santa Clara Univ., CA (United States)
Okinawa Inst. of Science and Technology Graduate Univ. (Japan)
Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA (United States)
Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA (United States); Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa (Canada)
Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Canada)

SrMnSb₂ is a candidate Dirac semimetal whose electrons near the Y point have the linear dispersion and low mass of a Dirac cone. Here we demonstrate that ultrafast, 800-nm optical pulses can launch coherent phonon oscillations in Sr_0.94Mn_0.92Sb₂, particularly an A_g mode at 4.4 THz. Through first-principles calculations of the electronic and phononic structure of SrMnSb₂, we show that high-amplitude oscillations of this mode would displace the atoms in a way that transiently opens and closes a gap at the node of the Dirac cone. Furthermore, the ability to control the nodal gap on a subpicosecond timescale could create opportunities for the design and manipulation of Dirac fermions.

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Research Organization:: Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012432; DESC0012432

OSTI ID:: 1611795

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1491952

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 98, Issue 15; ISSN 2469-9950

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