Dramatic Plasmon Response to the Charge-Density-Wave Gap Development in 1⁢−TiSe2

1⁢−TiSe2 is one of the most studied charge density wave (CDW) systems, not only because of its peculiar properties related to the CDW transition, but also due to its status as a promising candidate of exciton insulator signaled by the proposed plasmon softening at the CDW wave vector. Using high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy, we report a systematic study of the temperature-dependent plasmon behaviors of 1⁢−TiSe2. We unambiguously resolve the plasmon from phonon modes, revealing the existence of Landau damping to the plasmon at finite momentums, which does not support the plasmon softening picture for exciton condensation. Moreover, we discover that the plasmon lifetime at zero momentum responds dramatically to the band gap evolution associated with the CDW transition. The interband transitions near the Fermi energy in the normal phase are demonstrated to serve as a strong damping channel of plasmons, while such a channel in the CDW phase is suppressed due to the CDW gap opening, which results in the dramatic tunability of the plasmon in semimetals or small-gap semiconductors.

• Autores: Zijian Lin; Cuixiang Wang; A. Balassis; J. P. Echeverry; A. S. Vasenko; V. M. Silkin; E. V. Chulkov; Youguo Shi Jiandi Zhang; Jiandong Guo; Xuetao Zhu
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad de Ibagué
• Repositorio: Repositorio Universidad de Ibagué
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unibague.edu.co:20.500.12313/5600
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.18760; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12313/5600; https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.187601
• Palabra clave: Plasmónica dramática - Propuesta; brecha de densidad de carga en | Phys. Rev. Lett. - Desarrollo; Plasmónica dramática - Propuesta
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