Terahertz-driven phonon upconversion in SrTiO3

Kozina, M.; Fechner, M.; Marsik, P.; van Driel, T.; Glownia, J. M.; Bernhard, C.; Radovic, M.; Zhu, D.; Bonetti, S.; Staub, U.; Hoffmann, M. C.

doi:10.1038/s41567-018-0408-1

Title: Terahertz-driven phonon upconversion in SrTiO₃

Journal Article · 21 January 2019 · Nature Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0408-1 · OSTI ID:1528889

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SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg (Germany)
Univ. of Fribourg, Fribourg (Switzerland)
Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
Stockholm Univ., Stockholm (Sweden)

Direct manipulation of the atomic lattice using intense long-wavelength laser pulses has become a viable approach to create new states of matter in complex materials. Conventionally, a high-frequency vibrational mode is driven resonantly by a mid-infrared laser pulse and the lattice structure is modified through indirect coupling of this infrared-active phonon to other, lower-frequency lattice modulations. Here, we drive the lowest-frequency optical phonon in the prototypical transition metal oxide SrTiO₃ well into the anharmonic regime with an intense terahertz field. We show that it is possible to transfer energy to higher-frequency phonon modes through nonlinear coupling. Lastly, our observations are carried out by directly mapping the lattice response to the coherent drive field with femtosecond X-ray pulses, enabling direct visualization of the atomic displacements.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1528889

Journal Information:: Nature Physics, Vol. 15, Issue 4; ISSN 1745-2473

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group (NPG)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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