Symmetry-protected electronic metastability in an optically driven cuprate ladder
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| author | Padma, Hari Glerean, Filippo TenHuisen, Sophia F. R. Shen, Zecheng Wang, Haoxin Xu, Luogen Elliott, Joshua D. Homes, Christopher C. Skoropata, Elizabeth Ueda, Hiroki Liu, Biaolong Paris, Eugenio Romaguera, Arnau Lee, Byungjune He, Wei Wang, Yu Lee, Seng Huat Choi, Hyeongi Park, Sang-Youn Mao, Zhiqiang Calandra, Matteo Jang, Hoyoung Razzoli, Elia Dean, Mark P. M. Wang, Yao Mitrano, Matteo |
| author_facet | Padma, Hari Glerean, Filippo TenHuisen, Sophia F. R. Shen, Zecheng Wang, Haoxin Xu, Luogen Elliott, Joshua D. Homes, Christopher C. Skoropata, Elizabeth Ueda, Hiroki Liu, Biaolong Paris, Eugenio Romaguera, Arnau Lee, Byungjune He, Wei Wang, Yu Lee, Seng Huat Choi, Hyeongi Park, Sang-Youn Mao, Zhiqiang Calandra, Matteo Jang, Hoyoung Razzoli, Elia Dean, Mark P. M. Wang, Yao Mitrano, Matteo |
| contents | Optically excited quantum materials exhibit nonequilibrium states with remarkable emergent properties, but these phenomena are usually transient, decaying on picosecond timescales and limiting practical applications. Advancing the design and control of nonequilibrium phases requires the development of targeted strategies to achieve long-lived, metastable phases. Here, we report the discovery of symmetry-protected electronic metastability in the model cuprate ladder Sr$_{14}$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$. Using femtosecond resonant x-ray scattering and spectroscopy, we show that this metastability is driven by a transfer of holes from chain-like charge reservoirs into the ladders. This ultrafast charge redistribution arises from the optical dressing and activation of a hopping pathway that is forbidden by symmetry at equilibrium. Relaxation back to the ground state is hence suppressed after the pump coherence dissipates. Our findings highlight how dressing materials with electromagnetic fields can dynamically activate terms in the electronic Hamiltonian, and provide a rational design strategy for nonequilibrium phases of matter. |
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| spellingShingle | Symmetry-protected electronic metastability in an optically driven cuprate ladder Padma, Hari Glerean, Filippo TenHuisen, Sophia F. R. Shen, Zecheng Wang, Haoxin Xu, Luogen Elliott, Joshua D. Homes, Christopher C. Skoropata, Elizabeth Ueda, Hiroki Liu, Biaolong Paris, Eugenio Romaguera, Arnau Lee, Byungjune He, Wei Wang, Yu Lee, Seng Huat Choi, Hyeongi Park, Sang-Youn Mao, Zhiqiang Calandra, Matteo Jang, Hoyoung Razzoli, Elia Dean, Mark P. M. Wang, Yao Mitrano, Matteo Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Superconductivity Optically excited quantum materials exhibit nonequilibrium states with remarkable emergent properties, but these phenomena are usually transient, decaying on picosecond timescales and limiting practical applications. Advancing the design and control of nonequilibrium phases requires the development of targeted strategies to achieve long-lived, metastable phases. Here, we report the discovery of symmetry-protected electronic metastability in the model cuprate ladder Sr$_{14}$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$. Using femtosecond resonant x-ray scattering and spectroscopy, we show that this metastability is driven by a transfer of holes from chain-like charge reservoirs into the ladders. This ultrafast charge redistribution arises from the optical dressing and activation of a hopping pathway that is forbidden by symmetry at equilibrium. Relaxation back to the ground state is hence suppressed after the pump coherence dissipates. Our findings highlight how dressing materials with electromagnetic fields can dynamically activate terms in the electronic Hamiltonian, and provide a rational design strategy for nonequilibrium phases of matter. |
| title | Symmetry-protected electronic metastability in an optically driven cuprate ladder |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Superconductivity |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03040 |