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Main Authors: Yu, H., Fukada, Y., Nishida, G., Takubo, K., Ishikawa, T., Koshihara, S., Ikeda, N., Okimoto, Y.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.06243
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author Yu, H.
Fukada, Y.
Nishida, G.
Takubo, K.
Ishikawa, T.
Koshihara, S.
Ikeda, N.
Okimoto, Y.
author_facet Yu, H.
Fukada, Y.
Nishida, G.
Takubo, K.
Ishikawa, T.
Koshihara, S.
Ikeda, N.
Okimoto, Y.
contents Femtosecond time-resolved second harmonic generation (SHG) measurements were performed at room temperature on a single crystal of LuFe2O4, which has recently attracted attention as an electronic ferroelectric material in which polarization occurs due to the real-space arrangement of Fe2+ and Fe3+. We irradiated the crystal with 800 nm laser pulses, traced the subsequent SHG changes, and observed anisotropic polarization dynamics: immediately after photoexcitation, the in-plane (ab-plane) component of the SHG greatly reduced, while the inter-plane (c-axis) SHG increased. This means that a hidden photoexcited state, in which the in-plane charge ordering is broken but the polarization along c-axis direction enhanced, has been created by photoexcitation, indicating that the electronic ferroelectricity can be controlled on a femtosecond scale.
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spellingShingle Ultrafast Anisotropic Polarization Dynamics of Electronic Ferroelectrics LuFe2O4
Yu, H.
Fukada, Y.
Nishida, G.
Takubo, K.
Ishikawa, T.
Koshihara, S.
Ikeda, N.
Okimoto, Y.
Materials Science
Femtosecond time-resolved second harmonic generation (SHG) measurements were performed at room temperature on a single crystal of LuFe2O4, which has recently attracted attention as an electronic ferroelectric material in which polarization occurs due to the real-space arrangement of Fe2+ and Fe3+. We irradiated the crystal with 800 nm laser pulses, traced the subsequent SHG changes, and observed anisotropic polarization dynamics: immediately after photoexcitation, the in-plane (ab-plane) component of the SHG greatly reduced, while the inter-plane (c-axis) SHG increased. This means that a hidden photoexcited state, in which the in-plane charge ordering is broken but the polarization along c-axis direction enhanced, has been created by photoexcitation, indicating that the electronic ferroelectricity can be controlled on a femtosecond scale.
title Ultrafast Anisotropic Polarization Dynamics of Electronic Ferroelectrics LuFe2O4
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.06243