The origin of incipient ferroelectricity in lead telluride

Jiang, M. P.; Trigo, M.; Savić, I.; Fahy, S.; Murray, É. D.; Bray, C.; Clark, J.; Henighan, T.; Kozina, M.; Chollet, M.; Glownia, J. M.; Hoffmann, M. C.; Zhu, D.; Delaire, O.; May, A. F.; Sales, B. C.; Lindenberg, A. M.; Zalden, P.; Sato, T.; Merlin, R.; Reis, D. A.

doi:10.1038/ncomms12291

Title: The origin of incipient ferroelectricity in lead telluride

Journal Article · Fri Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12291· OSTI ID:1326211

Jiang, M. P. ^[1]; Trigo, M. ^[2]; Savić, I. ^[3]; Fahy, S. ^[3]; Murray, É. D. ^[4]; Bray, C. ^[1]; Clark, J. ^[2]; Henighan, T. ^[1]; Kozina, M. ^[1]; Chollet, M. ^[2]; Glownia, J. M. ^[2]; Hoffmann, M. C. ^[2]; Zhu, D. ^[2]; Delaire, O. ^[5]; May, A. F. ^[6]; Sales, B. C. ^[6]; Lindenberg, A. M. ^[1]; Zalden, P. ^[1]; Sato, T. ^[7]; Merlin, R. ^[8] more »

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Tyndall National Institute, Cork (Ireland); Univ. College Cork, Cork (Ireland)
Tyndall National Institute, Cork (Ireland); Univ. College Cork, Cork (Ireland); Imperial College London, London (United Kingdom)
Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Hyogo (Japan); The Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Imperial College London, London (United Kingdom)

The interactions between electrons and lattice vibrations are fundamental to materials behavior. In the case of group IV–VI, V and related materials, these interactions are strong, and the materials exist near electronic and structural phase transitions. The prototypical example is PbTe whose incipient ferroelectric behavior has been recently associated with large phonon anharmonicity and thermoelectricity. Here we show that it is primarily electron-phonon coupling involving electron states near the band edges that leads to the ferroelectric instability in PbTe. Using a combination of nonequilibrium lattice dynamics measurements and first principles calculations, we find that photoexcitation reduces the Peierls-like electronic instability and reinforces the paraelectric state. This weakens the long-range forces along the cubic direction tied to resonant bonding and low lattice thermal conductivity. Lastly, our results demonstrate how free-electron-laser-based ultrafast X-ray scattering can be utilized to shed light on the microscopic mechanisms that determine materials properties.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1326211

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1329161

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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