Mattoni, G;
Manca, N;
Hadjimichael, M;
Zubko, P;
van der Torren, AJH;
Yin, C;
Catalano, S;
... Caviglia, AD; + view all
(2018)
Light control of the nanoscale phase separation in heteroepitaxial nickelates.
Physical Review Materials
, 2
(8)
, Article 085002. 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.085002.
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Abstract
Strongly correlated materials show unique solid-state phase transitions with rich nanoscale phenomenology that can be controlled by external stimuli. Particularly interesting is the case of light–matter interaction in the proximity of the metal–insulator transition of heteroepitaxial nickelates. In this work, we use near-infrared laser light in the high-intensity excitation regime to manipulate the nanoscale phase separation in NdNiO3. By tuning the laser intensity, we can reproducibly set the coverage of insulating nanodomains, which we image by photoemission electron microscopy, thus semipermanently configuring the material state. With the aid of transport measurements and finite element simulations, we identify two different timescales of thermal dynamics in the light–matter interaction: a steady-state and a fast transient local heating. These results open interesting perspectives for locally manipulating and reconfiguring electronic order at the nanoscale by optical means.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Light control of the nanoscale phase separation in heteroepitaxial nickelates |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.085002 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.08500... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Technology, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Materials Science, METAL-INSULATOR-TRANSITION, CHARGE-TRANSFER, ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES, PRESSURE-DEPENDENCE, RARE-EARTH, NDNIO3, SUPERLATTICES, NDGAO3, STATE, FILMS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > London Centre for Nanotechnology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10054975 |
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