Multiple Supersonic Phase Fronts Launched at a Complex-Oxide Heterointerface

Först, M.; Beyerlein, K. R.; Mankowsky, R.; Hu, W.; Mattoni, G.; Catalano, S.; Gibert, M.; Yefanov, O.; Clark, J. N.; Frano, A.; Glownia, J. M.; Chollet, M.; Lemke, H.; Moser, B.; Collins, S. P.; Dhesi, S. S.; Caviglia, A. D.; Triscone, J. -M.; Cavalleri, A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.027401

Title: Multiple Supersonic Phase Fronts Launched at a Complex-Oxide Heterointerface

Journal Article · Mon Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.027401· OSTI ID:1361067

Först, M. ^[1]; Beyerlein, K. R. ^[2]; Mankowsky, R. ^[1]; Hu, W. ^[1]; Mattoni, G. ^[3]; Catalano, S. ^[4]; Gibert, M. ^[4]; Yefanov, O. ^[2]; Clark, J. N. ^[5]; Frano, A. ^[6]; Glownia, J. M. ^[7]; Chollet, M. ^[7]; Lemke, H. ^[7]; Moser, B. ^[8]; Collins, S. P. ^[8]; Dhesi, S. S. ^[8]; Caviglia, A. D. ^[3]; Triscone, J. -M. ^[4]; Cavalleri, A. ^[9]

Max Planck Inst. for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Hamburg (Germany)
Center for Free Electron Laser Science and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands). Kavli Inst. of Nanoscience
Univ. of Geneva (Switzerland). Dept. of Quantum Matter Physics
Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Hamburg (Germany); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Pulse Inst.
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Division and Advanced Light Source
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Harwell Campus, Oxford (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source, Ltd.
Max Planck Inst. for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Hamburg (Germany); Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics

Selective optical excitation of a substrate lattice can drive phase changes across heterointerfaces. This phenomenon is a nonequilibrium analogue of static strain control in heterostructures and may lead to new applications in optically controlled phase change devices. Here, we make use of time-resolved nonresonant and resonant x-ray diffraction to clarify the underlying physics and to separate different microscopic degrees of freedom in space and time. We also measure the dynamics of the lattice and that of the charge disproportionation in NdNiO ₃ , when an insulator-metal transition is driven by coherent lattice distortions in the LaAlO ₃ substrate. We find that charge redistribution propagates at supersonic speeds from the interface into the NdNiO ₃ film, followed by a sonic lattice wave. Our results establish a hierarchy of events for ultrafast control at complex-oxide heterointerfaces, when combined with measurements of magnetic disordering and of the metal-insulator transition.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; NT-11118; 319286; FP7/2007-2013

OSTI ID:: 1361067

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1338663

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 118, Issue 2; ISSN 0031-9007

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