Physics
Lattice-driven chiral charge density wave state in 1T-TaS2
Document Type
Article
Abstract
We use scanning tunneling microscopy to study the domain structure of the nearly commensurate charge density wave (NC-CDW) state of 1T-TaS2. In our subangstrom characterization of the state, we find a continual evolution of the CDW lattice from domain wall to domain center, instead of a fixed CDW arrangement within a domain. Further, we uncover an intradomain chirality characterizing the NC-CDW state. Unlike the orbital-driven chirality previously observed in related transition-metal dichalcogenides, the chiral nature of the NC-CDW state in 1T-TaS2 appears driven by a strong coupling of the NC-CDW state to the lattice.
Publication Title
Physical Review B
Publication Date
8-15-2022
Volume
106
Issue
8
ISSN
2469-9950
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.106.L081407
Keywords
charge density wave state, Dichalcogenides, domain structure, intra-domain, orbitals, strong-coupling
Repository Citation
Singh, Manoj; Yu, Boning; Huber, James; Sharma, Bishnu; Ainouche, Ghilles; Fu, Ling; Van Wezel, Jasper; and Boyer, Michael C., "Lattice-driven chiral charge density wave state in 1T-TaS2" (2022). Physics. 55.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_physics/55
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