Terahertz-driven phonon upconversion in SrTiO3
Abstract
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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[1]
- 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)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1528889
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 15; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1745-2473
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Kozina, M., Fechner, M., Marsik, P., van Driel, T., Glownia, J. M., Bernhard, C., Radovic, M., Zhu, D., Bonetti, S., Staub, U., and Hoffmann, M. C. Terahertz-driven phonon upconversion in SrTiO3. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41567-018-0408-1.
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. Terahertz-driven phonon upconversion in SrTiO3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0408-1
Kozina, M., Fechner, M., Marsik, P., van Driel, T., Glownia, J. M., Bernhard, C., Radovic, M., Zhu, D., Bonetti, S., Staub, U., and Hoffmann, M. C. Mon .
"Terahertz-driven phonon upconversion in SrTiO3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0408-1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1528889.
@article{osti_1528889,
title = {Terahertz-driven phonon upconversion in SrTiO3},
author = {Kozina, M. and Fechner, M. and Marsik, P. and van Driel, T. and Glownia, J. M. and Bernhard, C. and Radovic, M. and Zhu, D. and Bonetti, S. and Staub, U. and Hoffmann, M. C.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1038/s41567-018-0408-1},
journal = {Nature Physics},
number = 4,
volume = 15,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {1}
}
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