Ultrafast photo-induced melting of the trimer superstructure in TaTe2

K. M. Siddiqui; D. B. Durham; F. Cropp; S. Rajpurohit; C. Ophus; Y. Zhu; J. D. Carlström; C. Stavrakas; Z. Mao; A. Raja; P. Musumeci; L. Z. Tan; A. M. Minor; D. Filippetto; R. A. Kaindl

Ultrafast photo-induced melting of the trimer superstructure in TaTe₂

K. M. Siddiqui, D. B. Durham, F. Cropp, S. Rajpurohit, C. Ophus, Y. Zhu, J. D. Carlström, C. Stavrakas, Z. Mao, A. Raja, P. Musumeci, L. Z. Tan, A. M. Minor, D. Filippetto, R. A. Kaindl

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Abstract

We report the first ultrafast study of TaTe₂, utilizing MeV-scale ultrafast electron diffraction to reveal rapid photo-induced melting of its low-temperature trimer superstructure. Density-functional calculations indicate intra-trimer charge transfer as a trigger of this transformation.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	FF2L.4
Journal	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
State	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO: QELS 2021 - Part of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: May 9 2021 → May 14 2021

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Mechanics of Materials

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Ultrafast photo-induced melting of the trimer superstructure in TaTe₂

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