Bidirectional Ultrafast Control of Charge Density Waves via Phase Competition

Ning, Honglie; Oh, Kyoung Hun; Su, Yifan; Shi, Zhengyan Darius; Wu, Dong; Liu, Qiaomei; Lv, B. Q.; Zong, Alfred; Kang, Gyeongbo; Choi, Hyeongi; Kim, Hyun-Woo J.; Ha, Seunghyeok; Kim, Jaehwon; Sarker, Suchismita; Ruff, Jacob P. C.; Kim, B. J.; Wang, N. L.; Senthil, Todadri; Jang, Hoyoung; Gedik, Nuh

doi:10.1103/b1vl-qlkk

Bidirectional Ultrafast Control of Charge Density Waves via Phase Competition

Journal Article · Thu Dec 11 23:00:00 EST 2025 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/b1vl-qlkk· OSTI ID:3007984

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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences (China)
Peking University, Beijing (China)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Pohang Accelerator Lab. (PAL) (Korea, Republic of)
Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of)
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences (China); Peking University, Beijing (China)

The intricate competition between coexisting charge density waves (CDWs) can lead to rich phenomena, offering unique opportunities for phase manipulation through electromagnetic stimuli. Here, leveraging time-resolved x-ray diffraction, we demonstrate ultrafast control of a CDW in EuTe₄ upon optical excitation. At low excitation intensities, the amplitude of one of the coexisting CDW orders increases at the expense of the competing CDW, whereas at high intensities, it exhibits a nonmonotonic temporal evolution characterized by both enhancement and reduction. This transient bidirectional controllability, tunable by adjusting photoexcitation intensity, arises from the interplay between optical quenching and phase-competition-induced enhancement. Our findings, supported by phenomenological time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory simulations, not only clarify the relationship between the two CDWs in EuTe₄, but also highlight the versatility of optical control over order parameters enabled by phase competition.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-08ER46521

OSTI ID:: 3007984

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 135; ISSN 1079-7114; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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