Terahertz-field-induced polar charge order in electronic-type dielectrics

H. Yamakawa, T. Miyamoto (), T. Morimoto, N. Takamura, S. Liang, H. Yoshimochi, T. Terashige, N. Kida, M. Suda, H. M. Yamamoto, H. Mori, K. Miyagawa, K. Kanoda and H. Okamoto ()
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H. Yamakawa: University of Tokyo
T. Miyamoto: University of Tokyo
T. Morimoto: University of Tokyo
N. Takamura: University of Tokyo
S. Liang: University of Tokyo
H. Yoshimochi: University of Tokyo
T. Terashige: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
N. Kida: University of Tokyo
M. Suda: Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems (CIMoS), Institute for Molecular Science
H. M. Yamamoto: Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems (CIMoS), Institute for Molecular Science
H. Mori: Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
K. Miyagawa: University of Tokyo
K. Kanoda: University of Tokyo
H. Okamoto: University of Tokyo

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Ultrafast electronic-phase change in solids by light, called photoinduced phase transition, is a central issue in the field of non-equilibrium quantum physics, which has been developed very recently. In most of those phenomena, charge or spin orders in an original phase are melted by photocarrier generations, while an ordered state is usually difficult to be created from a non-ordered state by a photoexcitation. Here, we demonstrate that a strong terahertz electric-field pulse changes a Mott insulator of an organic molecular compound in κ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Cl (ET = bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene), to a macroscopically polarized charge-order state; herein, electronic ferroelectricity is induced by the collective intermolecular charge transfers in each dimer. In contrast, in an isostructural compound, κ-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3, which shows the spin-liquid state at low temperatures, a similar polar charge order is not stabilized by the same terahertz pulse. From the comparative studies of terahertz-field-induced second-harmonic-generation and reflectivity changes in the two compounds, we suggest the possibility that a coupling of charge and spin degrees of freedom would play important roles in the stabilization of polar charge order.

Date: 2021
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