THz-Driven Coherent Phonon Fingerprints of Hidden Symmetry Breaking in 2D Layered Hybrid Perovskites

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Autori principali: Urban, Joanna M., Spencer, Michael S., Frenzel, Maximilian, Allard, Gaëlle Trippé-, Cherasse, Marie, Palacios, Charlotte Berrezueta, Minakova, Olga, Barros, Eduardo Bedê, Perfetti, Luca, Reich, Stephanie, Wolf, Martin, Deleporte, Emmanuelle, Maehrlein, Sebastian F.
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author Urban, Joanna M.
Spencer, Michael S.
Frenzel, Maximilian
Allard, Gaëlle Trippé-
Cherasse, Marie
Palacios, Charlotte Berrezueta
Minakova, Olga
Barros, Eduardo Bedê
Perfetti, Luca
Reich, Stephanie
Wolf, Martin
Deleporte, Emmanuelle
Maehrlein, Sebastian F.
author_facet Urban, Joanna M.
Spencer, Michael S.
Frenzel, Maximilian
Allard, Gaëlle Trippé-
Cherasse, Marie
Palacios, Charlotte Berrezueta
Minakova, Olga
Barros, Eduardo Bedê
Perfetti, Luca
Reich, Stephanie
Wolf, Martin
Deleporte, Emmanuelle
Maehrlein, Sebastian F.
contents Metal-halide perovskites (MHPs) emerged as a family of novel semiconductors with outstanding optoelectronic properties for applications in photovoltaics and light emission. Recently, they also attract interest as promising candidates for spintronics. In materials lacking inversion symmetry, spin-orbit coupling (SOC) leads to the Rashba-Dresselhaus effect, offering a pathway for spin current control. Therefore, inversion symmetry breaking in MHPs, which are characterized by strong SOC, has crucial implications. Yet, in complex low-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs), the presence of and structural contributions to inversion symmetry breaking remain elusive. Here, employing intense THz fields, we coherently drive lattice dynamics carrying spectroscopic fingerprints of inversion symmetry breaking in Ruddlesden-Popper (PEA)$_2$(MA)$_{n-1}$PbnI${3n+1}$ perovskites, which are globally assigned to a centrosymmetric space group. We demonstrate coherent control by THz pulses over specific phonons, which we assign to either purely inorganic or highly anharmonic hybrid cage-ligand vibrations. By developing a general polarization analysis for THz-driven phonons, we pinpoint linear and nonlinear driving mechanisms. From this, we identify simultaneous IR- and Raman-activity of inorganic cage modes below 1.5 THz, indicating mode-selective inversion symmetry breaking. By exploring the driving pathways of these coherent phonons, we lay the groundwork for simultaneous ultrafast control of optoelectronic and spintronic properties in 2D HOIPs.
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spellingShingle THz-Driven Coherent Phonon Fingerprints of Hidden Symmetry Breaking in 2D Layered Hybrid Perovskites
Urban, Joanna M.
Spencer, Michael S.
Frenzel, Maximilian
Allard, Gaëlle Trippé-
Cherasse, Marie
Palacios, Charlotte Berrezueta
Minakova, Olga
Barros, Eduardo Bedê
Perfetti, Luca
Reich, Stephanie
Wolf, Martin
Deleporte, Emmanuelle
Maehrlein, Sebastian F.
Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
Optics
Metal-halide perovskites (MHPs) emerged as a family of novel semiconductors with outstanding optoelectronic properties for applications in photovoltaics and light emission. Recently, they also attract interest as promising candidates for spintronics. In materials lacking inversion symmetry, spin-orbit coupling (SOC) leads to the Rashba-Dresselhaus effect, offering a pathway for spin current control. Therefore, inversion symmetry breaking in MHPs, which are characterized by strong SOC, has crucial implications. Yet, in complex low-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs), the presence of and structural contributions to inversion symmetry breaking remain elusive. Here, employing intense THz fields, we coherently drive lattice dynamics carrying spectroscopic fingerprints of inversion symmetry breaking in Ruddlesden-Popper (PEA)$_2$(MA)$_{n-1}$PbnI${3n+1}$ perovskites, which are globally assigned to a centrosymmetric space group. We demonstrate coherent control by THz pulses over specific phonons, which we assign to either purely inorganic or highly anharmonic hybrid cage-ligand vibrations. By developing a general polarization analysis for THz-driven phonons, we pinpoint linear and nonlinear driving mechanisms. From this, we identify simultaneous IR- and Raman-activity of inorganic cage modes below 1.5 THz, indicating mode-selective inversion symmetry breaking. By exploring the driving pathways of these coherent phonons, we lay the groundwork for simultaneous ultrafast control of optoelectronic and spintronic properties in 2D HOIPs.
title THz-Driven Coherent Phonon Fingerprints of Hidden Symmetry Breaking in 2D Layered Hybrid Perovskites
topic Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02529