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Charge density wave (CDW) order is an emergent quantum phase that is characterized by a periodic lattice distortion and charge density modulation, often present near superconducting transitions. Here we uncover a novel inverted CDW state by…

A number of intriguing phenomena, including exciton condensation, orbital ordering, and emergence of chirality, have been proposed to accompany charge-density-wave (CDW) formation in the layered transition metal dichalcogenide…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-02-18 Wei Wang , Patrick Liu , Lijun Wu , Jing Tao , Genda Gu , Alfred Zong , Yimei Zhu

We employ polarization-resolved electronic Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory to study the primary and secondary order parameters, as well as their interplay, in the charge density wave (CDW) state of the kagome metal AV3Sb5.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-04-12 Shangfei Wu , Brenden R. Ortiz , Hengxin Tan , Stephen D. Wilson , Binghai Yan , Turan Birol , Girsh Blumberg

We present the discovery of a charge density wave (CDW) ground state in heavily electron-doped molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$). This is the first observation of a CDW in any $d^2$ (column 6) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD). The band…

In the presence of multiple bands, well-known electronic instabilities may acquire new complexity. While multiband superconductivity is the subject of extensive studies, the possibility of multiband charge density waves (CDWs) has been…

We discuss the interplay between electronic correlations and an underlying superlattice structure in determining the period of charge density waves (CDW's), by considering a one-dimensional Hubbard model with a repeated (non-random) pattern…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 Andre L Malvezzi , Thereza Paiva , Raimundo R dos Santos

Charge density waves (CDWs) are understood in great details in one dimension, but they remain largely enigmatic in two dimensional systems. In particular, numerous aspects of the associated energy gap and the formation mechanism are not…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-19 Marcello Spera , Alessandro Scarfato , Árpad Pásztor , Enrico Giannini , David R. Bowler , Christoph Renner

Charge density waves (CDWs) are collective electronic states that can reshape and melt, even while confined within a rigid atomic crystal. In two dimensions, melting is predicted to be distinct, proceeding through partially ordered nematic…

Charge density wave (CDW) states in solids bear an intimate connection to underlying fermiology. Modification of the latter by a suitable perturbation provides an attractive handle to unearth novel CDW states. Here, we combine extensive…

Solids undergoing a transition from order to disorder experience the proliferation of topological defects. The melting process generates transient quantum states. However, their dynamical nature with femtosecond lifetime hinders exploration…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-12-15 Sanghun Lee , Eunseo Kim , Junho Bang , Jongho Park , Changyoung Kim , Dirk Wulferding , Doohee Cho

Motivated by recent experiments reporting unconventional collective modes in the charge density-wave (CDW) state of rare-earth tritellurides $R$Te$_3$, we derive from a multi-orbital microscopic model on the square net a CDW Ginzburg-Landau…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-05-07 Sergey Alekseev , Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi , Rafael M. Fernandes , Jennifer Cano

Emergence of topological states in strongly correlated systems, particularly two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides, offers a platform for manipulating electronic properties in quantum materials. However, a comprehensive…

The interplay between charge density waves (CDWs) and superconductivity is a central theme in quantum materials, yet how CDW phase textures govern vortex topology remains poorly understood. We develop a theoretical framework showing that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-20 Zhenhua Zhu , Ziqiang Wang , Dong E. Liu

Electron-lattice coupling effects in low dimensional materials give rise to charge density wave (CDW) order and phase transitions. These phenomena are critical ingredients for superconductivity and predominantly occur in metallic model…

The charge density wave (CDW) is a macroscopic quantum state characterized by long-range lattice distortion and modulated charge density. Conventionally, CDWs compete with other electronic orders (e.g. superconductivity) and are suppressed…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-07-23 Liucheng Chen , Mingwei Ma , Xiaohui Yu , Fang Hong

We analyze the interplay between a d-wave uniform superconducting and a pair-density-wave (PDW) order parameter in the neighborhood of a vortex. We develop a phenomenological nonlinear sigma-model, solve the saddle point equation for the…

Charge density waves (CDW) are states of broken symmetry with a periodic modulation of charge and lattice typically leading to the opening of a gap in the band structure. In the model CDW system 1T-TiSe$_2$ such a gap opens up between its…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-06-22 Maximilian Huber , Yi Lin , Nicholas Dale , Renee Sailus , Sefaattin Tongay , Robert A. Kaindl , Alessandra Lanzara

Recently the charge density wave (CDW) in vanadium dichalcogenides have attracted increasing research interests, but a real-space investigation on the symmetry breaking of the CDW state in VTe2 monolayer is still lacking. We have…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-01-15 Guangyao Miao , Siwei Xue , Bo Li , Zijian Lin , Bing Liu , Xuetao Zhu , Weihua Wang , Jiandong Guo

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) in the $1T$ polymorph are subject to a rich variety of periodic lattice distortions, often referred to as charge density waves (CDW) when not too strong. We study from first principles the fermiology…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-20 Diego Pasquier , Oleg V. Yazyev

The collective charge density wave (CDW) conduction is modulated by a transverse single-particle current in a transistor-like device. Nonequilibrium conditions in this geometry lead to an exponential reduction of the depinning threshold,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Markovic , M. A. H. Dohmen , H. S. J. van der Zant