Direct observation of collective modes coupled to molecular orbital–driven 
charge transfer

Ishikawa, Tadahiko; Hayes, Stuart; Keskin, Sercan; Corthey, Gaston; Hada, Masaki; Pichugin, Kostyantyn; Marx, Alexander; Hirscht, Julian; Shionuma, Kenta; Onda, Ken; Okimoto, Yoichi; Koshihara, Shin-ya; Yamamoto, Takashi; Cui, Hengbo; Nomura, Mitsushiro; Oshima, Yugo; Abdel-Jawad, Majed; Kato, Reizo; Miller, R. J. Dwayne

doi:10.1126/science.aab3480

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Direct observation of collective modes coupled to molecular orbital–driven charge transfer

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Hayes, Stuart
Miller Group, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany;

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Keskin, Sercan
Miller Group, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany;

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Corthey, Gaston
Miller Group, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany;

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Hada, Masaki
Miller Group, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
JST-PRESTO, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8502, Japan;

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Pichugin, Kostyantyn
Miller Group, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;

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Marx, Alexander
Miller Group, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany;

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Hirscht, Julian
Miller Group, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany;

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Miller, R. J. Dwayne
Miller Group, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany;
Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada;

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Ishikawa, T., Hayes, S., Keskin, S., Corthey, G., Hada, M., Pichugin, K., et al. (2015). Direct observation of collective modes coupled to molecular orbital–driven charge transfer. Science, 350(6267), 1501-1505. doi:10.1126/science.aab3480.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0029-377C-1

Abstract

Correlated electron systems can undergo ultrafast photoinduced phase transitions involving concerted transformations of electronic and lattice structure. Understanding these phenomena requires identifying the key structural modes that couple to the electronic states. We report the ultrafast photoresponse of the molecular crystal Me₄P[Pt(dmit)₂]₂, which exhibits a photoinduced charge transfer similar to transitions between thermally accessible states, and demonstrate how femtosecond electron diffraction can be applied to directly observe the associated molecular motions. Even for such a complex system, the key large-amplitude modes can be identified by eye and involve a dimer expansion and a librational mode. The dynamics are consistent with the time-resolved optical study, revealing how the electronic, molecular, and lattice structures together facilitate ultrafast switching of the state.