Chiral domain dynamics and transient interferences of mirrored superlattices in nonequilibrium electronic crystals.

ABSTRACT: Mirror symmetry plays a major role in determining the properties of matter and is of particular interest in condensed many-body systems undergoing symmetry breaking transitions under non-equilibrium conditions. Typically, in the aftermath of such transitions, one of the two possible broken symmetry states is emergent. However, synthetic systems and those formed under non-equilibrium conditions may exhibit metastable states comprising of both left (L) and right (R) handed symmetry. Here we explore the formation of chiral charge-density wave (CDW) domains after a laser quench in 1T-TaS₂ with scanning tunneling microscopy. Typically, we observed transient domains of both chiralities, separated spatially from each other by domain walls with different structure. In addition, we obser

SUBMITTER: Ravnik J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10638312 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature