Direct Observation of Coherent Longitudinal and Shear Acoustic Phonons in TaAs Using Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction

Lee, Min-Cheol; Sirica, N.; Teitelbaum, S.  W.; Maznev, A.; Pezeril, T.; Tutchton, R.; Krapivin, V.; de la Pena, G.  A.; Huang, Y.; Zhao, L.  X.; Chen, G.  F.; Xu, B.; Yang, R.; Shi, J.; Zhu, J. -X.; Yarotski, D.  A.; Qiu, X.  G.; Nelson, K.  A.; Trigo, M.; Reis, D.  A.; Prasankumar, R.  P.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.128.155301

Title: Direct Observation of Coherent Longitudinal and Shear Acoustic Phonons in TaAs Using Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction

Abstract

Here, using femtosecond time-resolved x-ray diffraction, we investigated optically excited coherent acoustic phonons in the Weyl semimetal TaAs. The low symmetry of the (112) surface probed in our experiment enables the simultaneous excitation of longitudinal and shear acoustic modes, whose dispersion closely matches our simulations. We observed an asymmetry in the spectral line shape of the longitudinal mode that is notably absent from the shear mode, suggesting a time-dependent frequency chirp that is likely driven by photoinduced carrier diffusion. We argue on the basis of symmetry that these acoustic deformations can transiently alter the electronic structure near the Weyl points and support this with model calculations. Our study underscores the benefit of using off-axis crystal orientations when optically exciting acoustic deformations in topological semimetals, allowing one to transiently change their crystal and electronic structures.

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^[1]; Teitelbaum, S. W. ^[2]; Maznev, A. ^[3]; Pezeril, T. ^[4];

^[1]; Krapivin, V. ^[5]; de la Pena, G. A. ^[2]; Huang, Y. ^[5]; Zhao, L. X. ^[6]; Chen, G. F. ^[6]; Xu, B. ^[6];

^[6]; Shi, J. ^[3]; Zhu, J. -X. ^[1];

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^[6]; Nelson, K. A. ^[3]; Trigo, M. ^[5]; Reis, D. A. ^[5] more »

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Rennes (France)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)

Publication Date:: Wed Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2022

Research Org.:: Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Advancement of Topological Semimetals (CATS); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

OSTI Identifier:: 1864268

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1871598; OSTI ID: 1878047

Report Number(s):: IS-J-10,781; LA-UR-20-29013
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; TRN: US2305963

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358; 2018BU0083; 2018LANLBES16; AC02-76SF00515; SC0019126; AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 128; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; acoustic phonons; ultrafast phenomena; topological materials; x-ray diffraction

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                    Lee, Min-Cheol, Sirica, N., Teitelbaum, S.  W., Maznev, A., Pezeril, T., Tutchton, R., Krapivin, V., de la Pena, G.  A., Huang, Y., Zhao, L.  X., Chen, G.  F., Xu, B., Yang, R., Shi, J., Zhu, J. -X., Yarotski, D.  A., Qiu, X.  G., Nelson, K.  A., Trigo, M., Reis, D.  A., and Prasankumar, R.  P. Direct Observation of Coherent Longitudinal and Shear Acoustic Phonons in TaAs Using Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction.  United States: N. p., 2022. 
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                    Lee, Min-Cheol, Sirica, N., Teitelbaum, S.  W., Maznev, A., Pezeril, T., Tutchton, R., Krapivin, V., de la Pena, G.  A., Huang, Y., Zhao, L.  X., Chen, G.  F., Xu, B., Yang, R., Shi, J., Zhu, J. -X., Yarotski, D.  A., Qiu, X.  G., Nelson, K.  A., Trigo, M., Reis, D.  A., & Prasankumar, R.  P. Direct Observation of Coherent Longitudinal and Shear Acoustic Phonons in TaAs Using Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.155301

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                    Lee, Min-Cheol, Sirica, N., Teitelbaum, S.  W., Maznev, A., Pezeril, T., Tutchton, R., Krapivin, V., de la Pena, G.  A., Huang, Y., Zhao, L.  X., Chen, G.  F., Xu, B., Yang, R., Shi, J., Zhu, J. -X., Yarotski, D.  A., Qiu, X.  G., Nelson, K.  A., Trigo, M., Reis, D.  A., and Prasankumar, R.  P. Wed .  
"Direct Observation of Coherent Longitudinal and Shear Acoustic Phonons in TaAs Using Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.155301.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1864268.

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@article{osti_1864268,

  title        = {Direct Observation of Coherent Longitudinal and Shear Acoustic Phonons in TaAs Using Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction},

  author       = {Lee, Min-Cheol and Sirica, N. and Teitelbaum, S.  W. and Maznev, A. and Pezeril, T. and Tutchton, R. and Krapivin, V. and de la Pena, G.  A. and Huang, Y. and Zhao, L.  X. and Chen, G.  F. and Xu, B. and Yang, R. and Shi, J. and Zhu, J. -X. and Yarotski, D.  A. and Qiu, X.  G. and Nelson, K.  A. and Trigo, M. and Reis, D.  A. and Prasankumar, R.  P.},

  abstractNote = {Here, using femtosecond time-resolved x-ray diffraction, we investigated optically excited coherent acoustic phonons in the Weyl semimetal TaAs. The low symmetry of the (112) surface probed in our experiment enables the simultaneous excitation of longitudinal and shear acoustic modes, whose dispersion closely matches our simulations. We observed an asymmetry in the spectral line shape of the longitudinal mode that is notably absent from the shear mode, suggesting a time-dependent frequency chirp that is likely driven by photoinduced carrier diffusion. We argue on the basis of symmetry that these acoustic deformations can transiently alter the electronic structure near the Weyl points and support this with model calculations. Our study underscores the benefit of using off-axis crystal orientations when optically exciting acoustic deformations in topological semimetals, allowing one to transiently change their crystal and electronic structures.},

  doi          = {10.1103/physrevlett.128.155301},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 15,

  volume       = 128,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2022},

  month        = {Wed Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2022}

}

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