Challenges for develo** photo-induced phase transition (PIPT) systems: from classical (incoherent) to quantum (coherent) control of PIPT dynamics

S Koshihara, T Ishikawa, Y Okimoto, K Onda, R Fukaya… - Physics Reports, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This work reviews the experimental studies on photo-induced cooperative phenomena
(photo-induced phase transitions, PIPT), which are related to ultrafast structural and …

Photoinduced ultrafast phenomena in correlated electron magnets

S Ishihara - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2019‏ - journals.jps.jp
Photoinduced nonequilibrium phenomena in magnets with strong electron correlation are
reviewed. Owing to the strong competition between electron itineracy and localization and …

Direct observation of excitonic instability in Ta2NiSe5

K Kim, H Kim, J Kim, C Kwon, JS Kim, BJ Kim - Nature communications, 2021‏ - nature.com
Coulomb attraction between electrons and holes in a narrow-gap semiconductor or a
semimetal is predicted to lead to an elusive phase of matter dubbed excitonic insulator …

Photo-induced semimetallic states realised in electron–hole coupled insulators

K Okazaki, Y Ogawa, T Suzuki, T Yamamoto… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Using light to manipulate materials into desired states is one of the goals in condensed
matter physics, since light control can provide ultrafast and environmentally friendly …

Photoinduced multistage phase transitions in Ta2NiSe5

QM Liu, D Wu, ZA Li, LY Shi, ZX Wang… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Ultrafast control of material physical properties represents a rapidly develo** field in
condensed matter physics. Yet, accessing the long-lived photoinduced electronic states is …

The spontaneous symmetry breaking in Ta2NiSe5 is structural in nature

E Baldini, A Zong, D Choi, C Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - National Acad Sciences
The excitonic insulator is an electronically driven phase of matter that emerges upon the
spontaneous formation and Bose condensation of excitons. Detecting this exotic order in …

Ultrafast melting and recovery of collective order in the excitonic insulator Ta2NiSe5

HM Bretscher, P Andrich, P Telang, A Singh… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Abstract The layered chalcogenide Ta2NiSe5 has been proposed to host an excitonic
condensate in its ground state, a phase that could offer a unique platform to study and …

Coherent Phonon Assisted Ultrafast Order-Parameter Reversal and Hidden Metallic State in

M Guan, D Chen, Q Chen, Y Yao, S Meng - Physical Review Letters, 2023‏ - APS
The nonequilibrium dynamics during photoinduced insulator-to-metal transition (IMT) in the
excitonic insulator (EI) candidate Ta 2 NiSe 5 have been investigated, which reproduce the …

Non-Coulomb strong electron-hole binding in revealed by time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

T Tang, H Wang, S Duan, Y Yang, C Huang, Y Guo… - Physical Review B, 2020‏ - APS
We reveal an ultrafast purely electronic phase transition in Ta 2 NiSe 5, which is a plausible
excitonic insulator, after excited by an ultrafast infrared laser pulse. Specifically, the order …

Imaging the coherent propagation of collective modes in the excitonic insulator Ta2NiSe5 at room temperature

HM Bretscher, P Andrich, Y Murakami, D Golež… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Excitonic insulators host a condensate of electron-hole pairs at equilibrium, giving rise to
collective many-body effects. Although several materials have emerged as excitonic …