학술논문

Three-dimensional ultrafast charge-density-wave dynamics in CuTe
Document Type
article
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)
Subject
Science
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
Abstract Charge density waves (CDWs) involved with electronic and phononic subsystems simultaneously are a common quantum state in solid-state physics, especially in low-dimensional materials. However, CDW phase dynamics in various dimensions are yet to be studied, and their phase transition mechanism is currently moot. Here we show that using the distinct temperature evolution of orientation-dependent ultrafast electron and phonon dynamics, different dimensional CDW phases are verified in CuTe. When the temperature decreases, the shrinking of c-axis length accompanied with the appearance of interchain and interlayer interactions causes the quantum fluctuations (QF) of the CDW phase until 220 K. At T