Quenched lattice fluctuations in optically driven SrTiO3

Fechner, M.; Först, M.; Orenstein, G.; Krapivin, V.; Disa, A. S.; Buzzi, M.; von Hoegen, A.; de la Pena, G.; Nguyen, Q. L.; Mankowsky, R.; Sander, M.; Lemke, H.; Deng, Y.; Trigo, M.; Cavalleri, A.

doi:10.1038/s41563-023-01791-y

Title: Quenched lattice fluctuations in optically driven SrTiO3

Journal Article · 31 January 2024 · Nature Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01791-y · OSTI ID:2283605

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Abstract Crystal lattice fluctuations, which are known to influence phase transitions of quantum materials in equilibrium, are also expected to determine the dynamics of light-induced phase changes. However, they have only rarely been explored in these dynamical settings. Here we study the time evolution of lattice fluctuations in the quantum paraelectric SrTiO ₃ , in which mid-infrared drives have been shown to induce a metastable ferroelectric state. Crucial in these physics is the competition between polar instabilities and antiferrodistortive rotations, which in equilibrium frustrate the formation of long-range ferroelectricity. We make use of high-intensity mid-infrared optical pulses to resonantly drive the Ti–O-stretching mode at 17 THz, and we measure the resulting change in lattice fluctuations using time-resolved X-ray diffuse scattering at a free-electron laser. After a prompt increase, we observe a long-lived quench in R-point antiferrodistortive lattice fluctuations. Their enhancement and reduction are theoretically explained by considering the fourth-order nonlinear phononic interactions to the driven optical phonon and third-order coupling to lattice strain, respectively. These observations provide a number of testable hypotheses for the physics of light-induced ferroelectricity.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: German Research Foundation (DFG); Max Planck–New York City Center for Non-Equilibrium Quantum Phenomena; Q-FARM Bloch Fellowship; USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 2283605

Journal Information:: Nature Materials, Journal Name: Nature Materials Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 23; ISSN 1476-1122

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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