Ultrafast Martensitic Phase Transition Driven by Intense Terahertz Pulses
Abstract
We report on an ultrafast nonequilibrium phase transition with a strikingly long-lived martensitic anomaly driven by above-threshold single-cycle terahertz pulses with a peak field of more than 1 MV/cm. A nonthermal, terahertz-induced depletion of low-frequency conductivity in Nb3Sn indicates increased gap splitting of high-energy 12 bands by removal of their degeneracies, which induces the martensitic phase above their equilibrium transition temperature. In contrast, optical pumping leads to a Γ12 gap thermal melting. Such light-induced nonequilibrium martensitic phase exhibits a substantially enhanced critical temperature up to ~100 K, i.e., more than twice the equilibrium temperature, and can be stabilized beyond technologically relevant, nanosecond time scales. Together with first-principle simulations, we identify a compelling terahertz tuning mechanism of structural order via Γ12 phonons to achieve the ultrafast phase transition to a metastable electronic state out of equilibrium at high temperatures far exceeding those for equilibrium states.
- Authors:
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- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-1170, USA.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1971730
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019137; AC02-07CH11358; AC02-07CH11359; FG02-06ER46327; SC100387-020; EECS 1611454
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Ultrafast Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2765-8791
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Song, B. Q., Yang, X., Sundahl, C., Kang, J. -H., Mootz, M., Yao, Y., Perakis, I. E., Luo, L., Eom, C. B., and Wang, J. Ultrafast Martensitic Phase Transition Driven by Intense Terahertz Pulses. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.34133/ultrafastscience.0007.
Song, B. Q., Yang, X., Sundahl, C., Kang, J. -H., Mootz, M., Yao, Y., Perakis, I. E., Luo, L., Eom, C. B., & Wang, J. Ultrafast Martensitic Phase Transition Driven by Intense Terahertz Pulses. United States. https://doi.org/10.34133/ultrafastscience.0007
Song, B. Q., Yang, X., Sundahl, C., Kang, J. -H., Mootz, M., Yao, Y., Perakis, I. E., Luo, L., Eom, C. B., and Wang, J. Wed .
"Ultrafast Martensitic Phase Transition Driven by Intense Terahertz Pulses". United States. https://doi.org/10.34133/ultrafastscience.0007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1971730.
@article{osti_1971730,
title = {Ultrafast Martensitic Phase Transition Driven by Intense Terahertz Pulses},
author = {Song, B. Q. and Yang, X. and Sundahl, C. and Kang, J. -H. and Mootz, M. and Yao, Y. and Perakis, I. E. and Luo, L. and Eom, C. B. and Wang, J.},
abstractNote = {We report on an ultrafast nonequilibrium phase transition with a strikingly long-lived martensitic anomaly driven by above-threshold single-cycle terahertz pulses with a peak field of more than 1 MV/cm. A nonthermal, terahertz-induced depletion of low-frequency conductivity in Nb3Sn indicates increased gap splitting of high-energy 12 bands by removal of their degeneracies, which induces the martensitic phase above their equilibrium transition temperature. In contrast, optical pumping leads to a Γ12 gap thermal melting. Such light-induced nonequilibrium martensitic phase exhibits a substantially enhanced critical temperature up to ~100 K, i.e., more than twice the equilibrium temperature, and can be stabilized beyond technologically relevant, nanosecond time scales. Together with first-principle simulations, we identify a compelling terahertz tuning mechanism of structural order via Γ12 phonons to achieve the ultrafast phase transition to a metastable electronic state out of equilibrium at high temperatures far exceeding those for equilibrium states.},
doi = {10.34133/ultrafastscience.0007},
journal = {Ultrafast Science},
number = ,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2023},
month = {Wed Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2023}
}
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