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Ultrafast Metamorphosis of a Complex Charge Density Wave in Tantalumdiselenite

Maximilian EichbergerJure DemsarHeinrich SchwoererK. HauptKai RossnagelN. Erasmus

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Condensed Matter::Quantum GasesDiffractionPhysicsOrders of magnitude (temperature)Ultrafast electron diffractionmedia_common.quotation_subjectPhysics::OpticsCondensed Matter::SuperconductivityElectric fieldCondensed Matter::Strongly Correlated ElectronsAtomic physicsTime-resolved spectroscopyMetamorphosisCharge density waveUltrashort pulsemedia_common

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Using ultrafast electron diffraction, we record the transformation between a nearly-commensurate and an incommensurate charge-density-wave in 1T-TaS2, which takes place orders of magnitude faster than previously observed for commensurate-to-incommensurate transitions.

https://doi.org/10.1364/up.2016.uth4a.14