Influence of local symmetry on lattice dynamics coupled to topological surface states

Sobota, Jonathan A.; Teitelbaum, Samuel W.; Huang, Yijing; Querales-Flores, José D.; Power, Robert; Allen, Meabh; Rotundu, Costel R.; Bailey, Trevor P.; Uher, Ctirad; Henighan, Tom; Jiang, Mason; Zhu, Diling; Chollet, Matthieu; Sato, Takahiro; Trigo, Mariano; Murray, Éamonn D.; Savić, Ivana; Kirchmann, Patrick S.; Fahy, Stephen; Reis, David A.; Shen, Zhi-Xun

doi:10.1103/physrevb.107.014305

Title: Influence of local symmetry on lattice dynamics coupled to topological surface states

Journal Article · 12 January 2023 · Physical Review. B

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.107.014305 · OSTI ID:1958167

^[1]; Teitelbaum, Samuel W. ^[2]; Huang, Yijing ^[3]; Querales-Flores, José D. ^[4];

^[5]; Allen, Meabh ^[5];

^[6]; Bailey, Trevor P. ^[7];

^[7]; Henighan, Tom ^[3]; Jiang, Mason ^[3]; Zhu, Diling ^[8]; Chollet, Matthieu ^[8]; Sato, Takahiro ^[8]; Trigo, Mariano ^[9]; Murray, Éamonn D. ^[4]; Savić, Ivana ^[4]; Kirchmann, Patrick S. ^[6]; Fahy, Stephen ^[10]; Reis, David A. ^[11] more »

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES); SLAC
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE); Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Tyndall National Institute, Cork (Ireland)
University College Cork (Ireland)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES) and Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE)
Tyndall National Institute, Cork (Ireland); University College Cork (Ireland)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES) and Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Herein we investigate coupled electron-lattice dynamics in the topological insulator Bi₂Te₃ with time-resolved photoemission and time-resolved x-ray diffraction. It is well established that coherent phonons can be launched by optical excitation, but selection rules generally restrict these modes to zone-center wave vectors and Raman-active branches. We find that the topological surface state couples to additional modes, including a continuum of surface-projected bulk modes from both Raman and infrared branches, with possible contributions from surface-localized modes when they exist. Our calculations show that this surface vibrational spectrum occurs naturally as a consequence of the translational and inversion symmetries broken at the surface, without requiring the splitting-off of surface-localized phonon modes. The generality of this result suggests that coherent phonon spectra are useful by providing unique fingerprints for identifying surface states in more controversial materials. These effects may also expand the phase space for tailoring surface state wave functions via ultrafast optical excitation.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: Department for the Economy Northern Ireland; Science Foundation Ireland; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1958167

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 107; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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