Ultrafast creation of a light-induced semimetallic state in strongly excited 1T-TiSe2

Huber, Maximilian; Lin, Yi; Marini, Giovanni; Moreschini, Luca; Jozwiak, Chris; Bostwick, Aaron; Calandra, Matteo; Lanzara, Alessandra

doi:10.1126/sciadv.adl4481

Title: Ultrafast creation of a light-induced semimetallic state in strongly excited 1T-TiSe₂

Journal Article · 10 May 2024 · Science Advances

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adl4481 · OSTI ID:2406219

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova (Italy). Graphene Labs; University of Trento, Povo (Italy)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova (Italy). Graphene Labs; University of Trento, Povo (Italy); Sorbonne Universite, Paris (France). Institut des Nanosciences de Paris
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Applied Science and Technology; Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Screening, a ubiquitous phenomenon associated with the shielding of electric fields by surrounding charges, has been widely adopted as a means to modify a material’s properties. While most studies have relied on static changes of screening through doping or gating thus far, here we demonstrate that screening can also drive the onset of distinct quantum states on the ultrafast timescale. By using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we show that intense optical excitation can drive 1T-TiSe₂, a prototypical charge density wave material, almost instantly from a gapped into a semimetallic state. By systematically comparing changes in band structure over time and excitation strength with theoretical calculations, we find that the appearance of this state is likely caused by a dramatic reduction of the screening length. In summary, this work showcases how optical excitation enables the screening-driven design of a nonequilibrium semimetallic phase in TiSe₂, possibly providing a general pathway into highly screened phases in other strongly correlated materials.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Scientific User Facilities Division; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; European Research Commission (ERC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2406219

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 10; ISSN 2375-2548

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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