Ultrafast Martensitic Phase Transition Driven by Intense Terahertz Pulses

We report on an ultrafast nonequilibrium phase transition with a strikingly long-lived martensitic anomaly driven by above-threshold single-cycle terahertz pulses with a peak field of more than 1 MV/cm. A nonthermal, terahertz-induced depletion of low-frequency conductivity in Nb3Sn indicates increa...

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Main Authors: B. Q. Song, X. Yang, C. Sundahl, J.-H. Kang, M. Mootz, Y. Yao, I. E. Perakis, L. Luo, C. B. Eom, J. Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2023-01-01
Series:Ultrafast Science
Online Access:https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/ultrafastscience.0007