Role of interlayer shear phonons on lattice symmetry switching in the transition metal dichalcogenide WTe$_{2}$
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| author | Akei, Mizuki Fukuda, Takumi Mizukoshi, Yu Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Hase, Muneaki |
| author_facet | Akei, Mizuki Fukuda, Takumi Mizukoshi, Yu Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Hase, Muneaki |
| contents | Coherent phonon control using ultrashort pulse trains is the key to realizing structural phase transitions in solids by non-thermal pathways. By combining double-pulse excitation and time-resolved second harmonic generation techniques under high-density electronic excitation in a 2D layered material, WTe$_{2}$, we demonstrate that the lattice symmetry switching from the Weyl semimetallic T$_{d}$ to the semimetallic 1T$^{\prime}$ phases is independent of the amplitude of the coherent interlayer shear phonons after the arrival of the second pump pulse. This finding provides new insights into the mechanisms for symmetry switching that electronic excitation-driven shear sliding plays a dominant role. |
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| spellingShingle | Role of interlayer shear phonons on lattice symmetry switching in the transition metal dichalcogenide WTe$_{2}$ Akei, Mizuki Fukuda, Takumi Mizukoshi, Yu Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Hase, Muneaki Materials Science Coherent phonon control using ultrashort pulse trains is the key to realizing structural phase transitions in solids by non-thermal pathways. By combining double-pulse excitation and time-resolved second harmonic generation techniques under high-density electronic excitation in a 2D layered material, WTe$_{2}$, we demonstrate that the lattice symmetry switching from the Weyl semimetallic T$_{d}$ to the semimetallic 1T$^{\prime}$ phases is independent of the amplitude of the coherent interlayer shear phonons after the arrival of the second pump pulse. This finding provides new insights into the mechanisms for symmetry switching that electronic excitation-driven shear sliding plays a dominant role. |
| title | Role of interlayer shear phonons on lattice symmetry switching in the transition metal dichalcogenide WTe$_{2}$ |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17939 |