Shift-current-induced strain waves in LiNbO3 mapped by femtosecond x-ray diffraction

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作者
Holtz, Marcel [1 ]
Hauf, Christoph [1 ]
Salvador, Antonio-Andres Hernandez [1 ]
Costard, Rene [1 ]
Woerner, Michael [1 ]
Elsaesser, Thomas [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Born Inst Nichtlineare Opt & Kurzzeitspektros, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
关键词
LITHIUM-NIOBATE; LATTICE-DYNAMICS; PHONONS; SUPERLATTICES; EXCITATION; OPTICS; TENSOR;
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10.1103/PhysRevB.94.104302
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
The response of the crystal lattice to an electric shift current induced via the two-photon bulk-photovoltaic effect in a lithium niobate (LiNbO3) crystal is directly mapped by femtosecond x-ray diffraction. Acoustic strain waves of large amplitude are generated by piezoelectric coupling to the current-related polarization while other mechanisms such as anharmonic phonon-phonon couplings and electron-phonon coupling through deformation potentials play a minor role. A striking variation of the strain wave speed occurs as a function of the relative orientation between the crystal's c-axis, the direction of the current flow, and the polarization of the incident pump pulse. The observed behavior is relevant for a large class of ferroelectrics.
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