Terahertz field–induced ferroelectricity in quantum paraelectric SrTiO 3
Abstract
“Hidden phases” are metastable collective states of matter that are typically not accessible on equilibrium phase diagrams. These phases can host exotic properties in otherwise conventional materials and hence may enable novel functionality and applications, but their discovery and access are still in early stages. Using intense terahertz electric field excitation, we found that an ultrafast phase transition into a hidden ferroelectric phase can be dynamically induced in quantum paraelectric strontium titanate (SrTiO 3 ). The induced lowering in crystal symmetry yields substantial changes in the phonon excitation spectra. Our results demonstrate collective coherent control over material structure, in which a single-cycle field drives ions along the microscopic pathway leading directly to their locations in a new crystalline phase on an ultrafast time scale.
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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- USDOE
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- 1527067
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- OSTI ID: 1532430
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- SC0019126; AC02-76SF00515; CHE-1808202; DMR-1719353; N00014-17-1-2574; P2ELP2-172290
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- Science
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- Journal Name: Science Journal Volume: 364 Journal Issue: 6445; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Li, Xian, Qiu, Tian, Zhang, Jiahao, Baldini, Edoardo, Lu, Jian, Rappe, Andrew M., and Nelson, Keith A. Terahertz field–induced ferroelectricity in quantum paraelectric SrTiO 3. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1126/science.aaw4913.
Li, Xian, Qiu, Tian, Zhang, Jiahao, Baldini, Edoardo, Lu, Jian, Rappe, Andrew M., & Nelson, Keith A. Terahertz field–induced ferroelectricity in quantum paraelectric SrTiO 3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw4913
Li, Xian, Qiu, Tian, Zhang, Jiahao, Baldini, Edoardo, Lu, Jian, Rappe, Andrew M., and Nelson, Keith A. Thu .
"Terahertz field–induced ferroelectricity in quantum paraelectric SrTiO 3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw4913.
@article{osti_1527067,
title = {Terahertz field–induced ferroelectricity in quantum paraelectric SrTiO 3},
author = {Li, Xian and Qiu, Tian and Zhang, Jiahao and Baldini, Edoardo and Lu, Jian and Rappe, Andrew M. and Nelson, Keith A.},
abstractNote = {“Hidden phases” are metastable collective states of matter that are typically not accessible on equilibrium phase diagrams. These phases can host exotic properties in otherwise conventional materials and hence may enable novel functionality and applications, but their discovery and access are still in early stages. Using intense terahertz electric field excitation, we found that an ultrafast phase transition into a hidden ferroelectric phase can be dynamically induced in quantum paraelectric strontium titanate (SrTiO 3 ). The induced lowering in crystal symmetry yields substantial changes in the phonon excitation spectra. Our results demonstrate collective coherent control over material structure, in which a single-cycle field drives ions along the microscopic pathway leading directly to their locations in a new crystalline phase on an ultrafast time scale.},
doi = {10.1126/science.aaw4913},
journal = {Science},
number = 6445,
volume = 364,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {6}
}
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