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Coherent Phonon-Driven Band Renormalizations in 1T$'$-MoTe$_2$

Materials Science 2026-02-24 v1

Abstract

Here, we investigate phonon mode- and electron band-selective electron-phonon couplings in centrosymmetric 1T'-MoTe2_2 using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy combined with frequency-domain analysis. Femtosecond near-infrared pulses excite coherent AgA_g-symmetric phonon modes at 2.34 THz, 3.34 THz, and 3.86 THz, which manifest as oscillatory modulations in photoemission intensity and binding energy across the valence bands. Pixel-wise Fourier analysis using recently developed methodologies reveals pronounced band selectivity with distinct coupling strengths for different electronic states and phonon modes, enabling the evaluation of band-renormalization amplitudes in the range of few meV. Ab initio calculations qualitatively reproduce the experimentally observed coupling patterns and relative trends, demonstrating the capability of combined experimental and theoretical approaches to resolve ultrafast electron-phonon interactions in quantum materials.

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@article{arxiv.2602.19630,
  title  = {Coherent Phonon-Driven Band Renormalizations in 1T$'$-MoTe$_2$},
  author = {Carl E. Jensen and Christoph Emeis and Stephan Jauernik and Petra Hein and Fabio Caruso and Michael Bauer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.19630},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

20 pages, 9 figures, submitted to AIP Structural Dynamics