Exciton photoemission from a ground state of a solid Ta2Pd3Te5

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Main Authors: Lee, Siwon, Jin, Kyung-Hwan, Kwon, SeongJin, Jung, Hyunjin, Won, Choongjae, Cheong, Sang-Wook, Cho, Gil Young, Kim, Jaeyoung, Yeom, Han Woong
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author Lee, Siwon
Jin, Kyung-Hwan
Kwon, SeongJin
Jung, Hyunjin
Won, Choongjae
Cheong, Sang-Wook
Cho, Gil Young
Kim, Jaeyoung
Yeom, Han Woong
author_facet Lee, Siwon
Jin, Kyung-Hwan
Kwon, SeongJin
Jung, Hyunjin
Won, Choongjae
Cheong, Sang-Wook
Cho, Gil Young
Kim, Jaeyoung
Yeom, Han Woong
contents Excitons are bosonic quasiparticles with a variety of applications in optoelectronics, photosyn thesis, and dissipationless informatics, and their lifetime can become sufficiently long to form a quantum condensate. While exciton condensation has been predicted to occur as a ground state of a solid, so called an excitonic insulator, whose material realization has been elusive. Here we report the observation of direct photoemission signals from excitons in a ground state of a very recent excitonic insulator candidate Ta2Pd3Te5 below its metal-insulator transition temperature using orbital-selective angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. It is confirmed that the excitons have a lower energy than the valence band maximum to possibly drive the phase transition. This measurement further discloses the size and the unusual odd parity of the exciton wave function. The present finding opens an avenue toward applications of coherent excitons in solid systems and searching for exotic quantum phases of exciton condensates.
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spellingShingle Exciton photoemission from a ground state of a solid Ta2Pd3Te5
Lee, Siwon
Jin, Kyung-Hwan
Kwon, SeongJin
Jung, Hyunjin
Won, Choongjae
Cheong, Sang-Wook
Cho, Gil Young
Kim, Jaeyoung
Yeom, Han Woong
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Excitons are bosonic quasiparticles with a variety of applications in optoelectronics, photosyn thesis, and dissipationless informatics, and their lifetime can become sufficiently long to form a quantum condensate. While exciton condensation has been predicted to occur as a ground state of a solid, so called an excitonic insulator, whose material realization has been elusive. Here we report the observation of direct photoemission signals from excitons in a ground state of a very recent excitonic insulator candidate Ta2Pd3Te5 below its metal-insulator transition temperature using orbital-selective angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. It is confirmed that the excitons have a lower energy than the valence band maximum to possibly drive the phase transition. This measurement further discloses the size and the unusual odd parity of the exciton wave function. The present finding opens an avenue toward applications of coherent excitons in solid systems and searching for exotic quantum phases of exciton condensates.
title Exciton photoemission from a ground state of a solid Ta2Pd3Te5
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16453