Chirality manipulation of ultrafast phase switches in a correlated CDW-Weyl semimetal

Cheng, Bing; Cheng, Di; Jiang, Tao; Xia, Wei; Song, Boqun; Mootz, Martin; Luo, Liang; Perakis, Ilias E.; Yao, Yongxin; Guo, Yanfeng; Wang, Jigang

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-45036-1

Title: Chirality manipulation of ultrafast phase switches in a correlated CDW-Weyl semimetal

Journal Article · 26 January 2024 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45036-1 · OSTI ID:2294101

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Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
ShanghaiTech Univ. (China); ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics (China)
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States)

Light engineering of correlated states in topological materials provides a new avenue of achieving exotic topological phases inaccessible by conventional tuning methods. Here we demonstrate a light control of correlation gaps in a model charge-density-wave (CDW) and polaron insulator (TaSe₄)₂I recently predicted to be an axion insulator. Our ultrafast terahertz photocurrent spectroscopy reveals a two-step, non-thermal melting of polarons and electronic CDW gap via the fluence dependence of a longitudinal circular photogalvanic current. This helicity-dependent photocurrent reveals continuous ultrafast phase switches from the polaronic state to the CDW (axion) phase, and finally to a hidden Weyl phase as the pump fluence increases. Additional distinctive attributes aligning with the light-induced switches include: the mode-selective coupling of coherent phonons to the polaron and CDW modulation, and the emergence of a non-thermal chiral photocurrent above the pump threshold of CDW-related phonons. The demonstrated ultrafast chirality control of correlated topological states here holds large potentials for realizing axion electrodynamics and advancing quantum-computing applications.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 2294101

Report Number(s):: IS-J--11,255

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 15; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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