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Direct Measurement of Electron-Phonon Coupling with Time-Resolved ARPES

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Time- and angular- resolved photoelectron spectroscopy is a powerful technique to measure electron dynamics in solids. Recent advances in this technique have facilitated band and energy resolved observations of the effect that excited phonons, have on the electronic structure. Here, we show with the help of ab initio simulations that the Fourier analysis of the time-resolved measurements of solids with excited phonon modes enables the determination of the band- and mode-resolved electron-phonon coupling directly from the experimental data without any additional input from theory. Such an observation is not restricted to regions of strong electron-phonon coupling and does not require strongly excited or hot phonons, but can be employed to monitor the dynamical renormalization of phonons in driven phases of matter.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.136401

Authors: Umberto De Giovannini, Hannes Hübener, Shunsuke A. Sato, Angel Rubio

Institutions: Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, University of Tsukuba, Flatiron Institute

Language: English

Topic: Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,750

Funders: Simons Foundation, Flatiron Health, H2020 European Research Council