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Chirality manipulation of ultrafast phase switches in a correlated CDW-Weyl semimetal

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  • Bing Cheng

    (Ames National Laboratory)

  • Di Cheng

    (Ames National Laboratory)

  • Tao Jiang

    (Ames National Laboratory)

  • Wei Xia

    (ShanghaiTech University
    ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics)

  • Boqun Song

    (Ames National Laboratory
    Iowa State University)

  • Martin Mootz

    (Ames National Laboratory
    Iowa State University)

  • Liang Luo

    (Ames National Laboratory)

  • Ilias E. Perakis

    (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

  • Yongxin Yao

    (Ames National Laboratory)

  • Yanfeng Guo

    (ShanghaiTech University
    ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics)

  • Jigang Wang

    (Ames National Laboratory
    Iowa State University)

Abstract

Light engineering of correlated states in topological materials provides a new avenue of achieving exotic topological phases inaccessible by conventional tuning methods. Here we demonstrate a light control of correlation gaps in a model charge-density-wave (CDW) and polaron insulator (TaSe4)2I recently predicted to be an axion insulator. Our ultrafast terahertz photocurrent spectroscopy reveals a two-step, non-thermal melting of polarons and electronic CDW gap via the fluence dependence of a longitudinal circular photogalvanic current. This helicity-dependent photocurrent reveals continuous ultrafast phase switches from the polaronic state to the CDW (axion) phase, and finally to a hidden Weyl phase as the pump fluence increases. Additional distinctive attributes aligning with the light-induced switches include: the mode-selective coupling of coherent phonons to the polaron and CDW modulation, and the emergence of a non-thermal chiral photocurrent above the pump threshold of CDW-related phonons. The demonstrated ultrafast chirality control of correlated topological states here holds large potentials for realizing axion electrodynamics and advancing quantum-computing applications.

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  • Bing Cheng & Di Cheng & Tao Jiang & Wei Xia & Boqun Song & Martin Mootz & Liang Luo & Ilias E. Perakis & Yongxin Yao & Yanfeng Guo & Jigang Wang, 2024. "Chirality manipulation of ultrafast phase switches in a correlated CDW-Weyl semimetal," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-45036-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45036-1
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