1. Modulation of charge transfer exciton dynamics in organic semiconductors using different structural arrangementsCristian Soncini, Abhishek Kumar, Federica Bondino, Elena Magnano, Matija Stupar, Barbara Ressel, Giovanni De Ninno, Antonis Papadopoulos, Efthymis Serpetzoglou, Emmanuel Stratakis, Maddalena Pedio, 2023, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: In devices based on organic semiconductors, aggregation and inter-molecular interactions play a key role in affecting the photo-physical and dynamical carrier properties of the material, potentially becoming a limiting factor to achieving high efficiency. As a consequence, a detailed understanding of the interplay between the film molecular structure and the material properties is essential to properly
design devices with optimized performance. Here we demonstrate how different molecular structural arrangements modulate the charge transfer (CT) dynamics in cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) thin films. By transient absorption spectroscopy and time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we study the influence of different CoPc structures on the dynamical electronic properties, the CoPc intra and inter- molecular de-excitation pathways up to 7 ns. We rationalize the ultrafast formation of triplet states in the CoPc through an electron exchange process between the single-occupied Co3dz2 orbital and p orbitals of the macrocycle, which obviate for an energetically unfavourable spin-flip. We found enhanced CT exciton lifetime in the case of the herringbone structure with respect to the brickwork one, possibly explainable by a more efficient CT exciton delocalization along the stacking axis. Ključne besede: charge transfer, organic molecules, time resolved spectroscopies Objavljeno v RUNG: 30.06.2023; Ogledov: 1955; Prenosov: 7 Povezava na datoteko Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
2. Light-Induced Magnetization at the NanoscaleJonas Wätzel, Primož Rebernik Ribič, Marcello Coreno, Miltcho Danailov, Christian David, Alexander Demidovich, Michele Di Fraia, Luca Giannessi, Klavs Hansen, Špela Krušič, Michele Manfredda, Michael Meyer, Andrej Mihelič, Najmeh Mirian, Oksana Plekan, Barbara Ressel, Benedikt Rosner, Alberto Simoncig, Simone Spampinati, Matija Stupar, Matjaž Žitnik, Marco Zangrando, Carlo Callegari, Jamal Berakdar, Giovanni De Ninno, 2022, izvirni znanstveni članek Ključne besede: FEL, orbital angular momentum, magnetisation Objavljeno v RUNG: 16.01.2023; Ogledov: 1595; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
3. Orbital selective dynamics in Fe-pnictides triggered by polarized pump pulse excitationsGanesh Adhikary, Tanusree Saha, Primož Rebernik Ribič, Matija Stupar, Barbara Ressel, Jurij Urbančič, Giovanni De Ninno, A. Thamizhavel, Kalobaran Maiti, 2021, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Quantum materials display exotic behaviours related to the interplay between temperature-driven phase transitions. Here, we study the electron dynamics in one such material, CaFe$_2$As$_2$, a parent Fe-based superconductor, employing time and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. CaFe$_2$As$_2$ exhibits concomitant transition to spin density wave state and tetragonal to orthorhombic structure below 170 K. The Fermi surface of this material consists of three hole pockets ($\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$) around $\Gamma$-point and two electron pockets around $X$-point. The hole pockets have $d_{xy}$, $d_{yz}$ and $d_{zx}$ orbital symmetries. The $\beta$ band constituted by $d_{xz}$/$d_{yz}$ orbitals exhibit a gap across the magnetic phase transition. We discover that polarized pump pulses can induce excitations of electrons of a selected symmetry. More specifically, while $s$-polarized light (polarization vector perpendicular to the $xz$-plane) excites electrons corresponding to all the three hole bands, $p$-polarized light excites electrons essentially from ($\alpha$,$\beta$) bands which are responsible for magnetic order. Interestingly, within the magnetically ordered phase, the excitation due to the $p$-polarized pump pulses occur at a time scale of 50 fs, which is significantly faster than the excitation induced by $s$-polarized light ($\sim$ 200 fs). These results suggest that the relaxation of different ordered phases occurs at different time scales and this method can be used to achieve selective excitations to disentangle complexity in the study of quantum materials. Ključne besede: Electronic structure, Pnictides and chalcogenides, Time-resolved spectroscopy Objavljeno v RUNG: 13.10.2021; Ogledov: 2504; Prenosov: 9 Celotno besedilo (9,56 MB) |
4. Dissecting Mott and charge-density wave dynamics in the photoinduced phase of 1T-TaS[sub]2Alberto Simoncig, Matija Stupar, Barbara Ressel, Tanusree Saha, Primož Rebernik Ribič, Giovanni De Ninno, 2021, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: The two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenide 1T−TaS2 is a complex material standing out for its puzzling low temperature phase marked by signatures amenable to both Mott-insulating and charge-density wave states. Electronic Mott states, coupled to a lattice, respond to coherent optical excitations via a modulation of the lower (valence) Hubbard band. Such dynamics is driven by strong electron-phonon coupling and typically lasts for tens of picoseconds, mimicking coherent structural distortions. Instead, the response occurring at the much faster timescale, mainly dominated by electronic many-body effects, is still a matter of intense research. By performing time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we investigated the photoinduced phase of 1T−TaS2 and found out that its lower Hubbard band promptly reacts to coherent optical excitations by shifting its binding energy towards a slightly larger value. This process lasts for a time comparable to the optical pump pulse length, mirroring a transient change of the onsite Coulomb repulsion energy (U). Such an observation suggests that the correction to the bare value of U, ascribed to the phonon-mediated screening which slightly opposes the Hubbard repulsion, is lost within an interval of a few tens of femtoseconds and can be understood as a fingerprint of electronic states largely decoupled from the lattice. Additionally, these results enforce the hypothesis, envisaged in the current literature, that the transient photoinduced states belong to a sort of crossover phase instead of an equilibrium metallic one. Ključne besede: ultrafast phenomena, time resolved photoemission, strongly correlated systems, transition metal dichalcogenide Objavljeno v RUNG: 13.04.2021; Ogledov: 3215; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
5. Advantages and disadvantages of experiments with ultrashort two-color pulsesMatija Stupar, 2020, doktorska disertacija Opis: Advances in the development of lasers have led to a new class of radiation sources generating coherent, tunable, ultrashort light pulses in the spectral region ranging from infrared to soft X-rays. This includes high-order harmonics generation in gas (HHG), on which relies the CITIUS facility at University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia), and free-electron lasers (FELs), such as the facility FERMI at Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy). The distinctive structure of HHG and FEL radiation paved the way to time-resolved experiments, which are performed to investigate events occurring on a short, or very short, temporal scale, from picoseconds to femtoseconds.
This work focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of some experimental techniques based on using these novel light sources to investigate the microscopic and/or ultrafast dynamics of matter samples, which have been previously driven out of equilibrium.
Advantages rely on the implementation of various applications based on two-color schemes and, more specifically, include the possibility of acquiring two-dimensional frequency maps, measuring electrons’ effective masses, or investigating electronic properties decoupled from the influence of the lattice. Particular focus will be put on experimental methods relying on photoelectric effect and photoelectron spectroscopy. In all experiments, we took advantage of one or more specific properties of HHG and FEL sources, such as controllable chirp, to study laser dressed states in helium, variable polarization, to study electronic properties of iron-based pnictides and ultrashort pulses (< 10 fs) to study the purely electronic dynamics in transition metal dichalcogenides.
On the other hand, the study of the interface between a molecule and a topological insulator revealed some intrinsic limitations and physical drawbacks of the technique, such as spurious effects originating from the high power pulses, like multiphoton absorption and the space charge effect, or the reduction of experimental resolution when pushing for shorter and shorter pulse durations. Some disadvantages are also connected to the current state-of-the-art in the field of ultrashort laser systems, where a trade-off needs to be found between repetition rate and laser power.
Finally, state-of-the-art experiments based on the ability to generate ultrashort pulses carrying orbital angular momentum in visible, near-infrared as well as extreme UV range will be presented. The use of these pulses opens the door to the investigation of new physical phenomena, such as probing magnetic vortices using extreme ultraviolet light from a free-electron laser or imprinting the spatial distribution of an ultrashort infrared pulse carrying orbital angular momentum onto a photoelectron wave packet. Ključne besede: ultrafast lasers, two-color experiments, photoemission, high-order harmonic generation, free-electron lasers, hot-electrons dynamics, surface science, pump-probe photoemission, ultraviolet photoemission, orbital angular momentum Objavljeno v RUNG: 02.12.2020; Ogledov: 4793; Prenosov: 138 Celotno besedilo (19,78 MB) |
6. Coupling of autoionizing states by a chirped laser pulseMatjaž Žitnik, Andrej Mihelič, Klemen Bučar, Mateja Hrast, Žiga Barba, Špela Krušič, Primož Rebernik Ribič, Jurij Urbančič, Barbara Ressel, Matija Stupar, David Gauthier, Giovanni De Ninno, 2020, objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci Opis: We have observed the autoionization of the laser-coupled 2s2p 1Po and 2p2 1Se resonances in helium. The ions were collected while varying the frequency and delay of the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) excitation pulse with respect to the linearly chirped visible (VIS) laser pulse. From the measured frequency-delay map the Autler- Townes splitting, the EUV-VIS cross-correlation and the linear chirp parameter were extracted. Ključne besede: High Harmonic Generation Objavljeno v RUNG: 29.06.2020; Ogledov: 3815; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
7. Interface phenomena between CdTe and ZnTe: Cu back contactAlessio Bosio, Roberta Ciprian, Alessio Lamperti, I Rago, Barbara Ressel, Greta Rosa, Matija Stupar, E Weschke, 2018, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Thin film technology has reached a maturity to achieve conversion efficiencies of the order of 22%. Among thin films, CdTe-based photovoltaic modules represent 80% of the total production. Nonetheless, some issues concerning back-contact are still open. In industrial process a chemical etching is required in order to make the CdTe film surface rich in Te. The Te-excess is fundamental in order to form a stable telluride compound with copper and to obtain an ohmic, low-resistance back-contact. Moreover, the Te-excess hinders the fast diffusion of copper in CdTe and its achievement of the junction region, preventing the destruction of the device. In this paper we study a ZnTe:Cu buffer layer deposited onto a CdTe film, characterized by a naturally Te-rich surface obtained with a particular chlorine heat treatment without any chemical etching. Copper diffusion and the CdTe/ZnTe:Cu interface were studied by x-ray Ključne besede: solar cells, CdTe, ZnTe:Cu back contact Objavljeno v RUNG: 29.11.2018; Ogledov: 4447; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
8. Orbital-dependent electron dynamics in Fe-pnictide superconductorsGanesh Adhikary, Barbara Ressel, Primož Rebernik Ribič, Jurij Urbančič, Giovanni De Ninno, Damjan Krizmancic, A. Thamizhavel, Kalobaran Maiti, Matija Stupar, 2018, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: We report on orbital-dependent quasiparticle dynamics in EuFe 2 As 2, a parent compound of Fe-based superconductors, and a way to experimentally identify this behavior using time-and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy across the spin density wave transition. We observe two different relaxation timescales for photoexcited d x z/d y z and d x y electrons. While the itinerant d x z/d y z electrons relax faster through the electron-electron scattering channel, d x y electrons form a quasiequilibrium state with the lattice due to their localized character, and the state decays slowly. Our findings suggest that electron correlation in Fe pnictides is an important property, which should carefully be taken into account when describing the electronic properties of both parent and carrier-doped compounds, and therefore establish a strong connection with cuprates Ključne besede: photoelectron dynamics, Fe based superconductors Objavljeno v RUNG: 29.11.2018; Ogledov: 4213; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
9. Conclusively Addressing the CoPc Electronic Structure: A Joint Gas- Phase and Solid-State Photoemission and Absorption Spectroscopy StudyTeng Zhang, I.E. Brumboiu, Valeria Lanzillotto, J. Lüder, C. Grazioli, Erika Giangrisostomi, R. Ovsyannikov, Y. Sassatelli, Ieva Bidermane, Monica de Simone, Marcello Coreno, Barbara Ressel, Matija Stupar, Maddalena Pedio, Petra Rudolf, Barbara Brena, Carla Puglia, 2017, izvirni znanstveni članek Ključne besede: Cobalt Phtalocyanine, photoemission spectroscopy, gas phase, solid state Objavljeno v RUNG: 07.02.2018; Ogledov: 5000; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
10. Tunable orbital angular momentum in high-harmonic generationDavid Gauthier, Primož Rebernik Ribič, Ganesh Adhikari, A Camper, C Chappuis, LF Dimauro, G Dovillaire, Fabio Frassetto, R Geneaux, Paolo Miotti, Luca Poletto, Barbara Ressel, C. Spezzani, Matija Stupar, T Ruchon, Giovanni De Ninno, 2017, izvirni znanstveni članek Ključne besede: Angular orbital momentum, High harmonic generation Objavljeno v RUNG: 05.02.2018; Ogledov: 4803; Prenosov: 764 Celotno besedilo (843,67 KB) |