Non-Markovian heat production in ultrafast phonon dynamics

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Hauptverfasser: Qiao, Fredrik Erikssonm Yulong, Fransson, Erik, Geilhufe, R. Matthias, Erhart, Paul
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author Qiao, Fredrik Erikssonm Yulong
Fransson, Erik
Geilhufe, R. Matthias
Erhart, Paul
author_facet Qiao, Fredrik Erikssonm Yulong
Fransson, Erik
Geilhufe, R. Matthias
Erhart, Paul
contents High-intensity THz laser pulses enable the light-mediated control of lattice vibrations by resonantly driving selected phonon modes. On ultrafast timescales, memory effects influence the phonon dynamics and must be accounted for to describe the heat production associated with energy dissipation. Here, we establish a microscopic framework for non-Markovian phonon dynamics by deriving the noise and dissipation kernels governing a driven phonon mode. Using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations, we reconstruct these kernels directly from the many-body lattice dynamics and determine the corresponding heat production rate. Our results provide a quantitative picture of the crossover between Markovian and non-Markovian dynamics on picosecond timescales and show how the finite bandwidth of the driving field limits the dynamically relevant bath spectrum. Furthermore, we demonstrate that thermodynamic quantities such as heat production can be inferred directly from the dynamics of an individual phonon mode, enabling their experimental measurement using time-resolved spectroscopy.
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spellingShingle Non-Markovian heat production in ultrafast phonon dynamics
Qiao, Fredrik Erikssonm Yulong
Fransson, Erik
Geilhufe, R. Matthias
Erhart, Paul
Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Computational Physics
High-intensity THz laser pulses enable the light-mediated control of lattice vibrations by resonantly driving selected phonon modes. On ultrafast timescales, memory effects influence the phonon dynamics and must be accounted for to describe the heat production associated with energy dissipation. Here, we establish a microscopic framework for non-Markovian phonon dynamics by deriving the noise and dissipation kernels governing a driven phonon mode. Using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations, we reconstruct these kernels directly from the many-body lattice dynamics and determine the corresponding heat production rate. Our results provide a quantitative picture of the crossover between Markovian and non-Markovian dynamics on picosecond timescales and show how the finite bandwidth of the driving field limits the dynamically relevant bath spectrum. Furthermore, we demonstrate that thermodynamic quantities such as heat production can be inferred directly from the dynamics of an individual phonon mode, enabling their experimental measurement using time-resolved spectroscopy.
title Non-Markovian heat production in ultrafast phonon dynamics
topic Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.08027