1. Decoupling of static and dynamic criticality in a driven Mott insulator
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Alberto de la Torre, Kyle L. Seyler, Michael Buchhold, Yuval Baum, Gufeng Zhang, Nicholas J. Laurita, John W. Harter, Liuyan Zhao, Isabelle Phinney, Xiang Chen, Stephen D. Wilson, Gang Cao, Richard D. Averitt, Gil Refael, and David Hsieh
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Astrophysics ,QB460-466 ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
The impulsively driven antiferromagnetic Mott insulator is a model quantum many-body system predicted to realize exotic transient phenomena, however its exploration in far-from equilibrium regimes remains experimentally challenging. Here, the authors use a combination of second harmonic optical polarimetry and coherent magnon spectroscopy to investigate the ultrafast non-equilibrium dynamics of the Mott insulator Sr2IrO4 and find evidence of a far-from-equilibrium critical regime where static and dynamic critical behaviour decouple and which could be present in a number of other quantum materials.
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- 2022
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