Accessing the Anisotropic Nonthermal Phonon Populations in Black Phosphorus.

ABSTRACT: We combine ultrafast electron diffuse scattering experiments and first-principles calculations of the coupled electron-phonon dynamics to provide a detailed momentum-resolved picture of lattice thermalization in black phosphorus. The measurements reveal the emergence of highly anisotropic nonthermal phonon populations persisting for several picoseconds after exciting the electrons with a light pulse. Ultrafast dynamics simulations based on the time-dependent Boltzmann formalism are supplemented by calculations of the structure factor, defining an approach to reproduce the experimental signatures of nonequilibrium structural dynamics. The combination of experiments and theory enables us to identify highly anisotropic electron-phonon scattering processes as the primary driving force of the n

SUBMITTER: Seiler H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8323122 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature