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Ultrafast photo-induced dynamics of \(\hbox {V}_{2} \hbox {O}_{3}\) thin films under hydrostatic pressure

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Controlling material properties with light pulses represents one of the next great challenge in material science. To achieve this goal, one needs to impact the material on the relevant time scale for controlling electronic and phononic properties. Targeting this challenge becomes possible thanks to the emerging field of photo-induced phase transition when a femtosecond light pulse interacts with the system. Along this line, we demonstrate the possibility to perform femtosecond optical spectroscopy under control thermodynamical environment. This new experimental setup includes a very precise pressure control between 1 and 6 kbar. These experimental results clearly demonstrate an effect of hydrostatic pressure onto the out-of-equilibrium photo-response of \(\hbox {V}_{2} \hbox {O}_{3}\). The main feature is a blue shift of the Brillouin frequency that correlates with an increasing speed of sound.

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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Authors acknowledge Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) for funding undergrant, ANR-21-CE30-0011-01 CRITICLAS. This work was carried out in the frame of the International Laboratory, DYNACOM IRL University of Tokyo-CNRS-UR1.

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  1. Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, 35000, Rennes, France

    Gaël Privault, Guénolé Huitric, Marius Hervé, Elzbieta Trzop, Etienne Janod, Jean-Claude Ameline, Nicolas Godin & Roman Bertoni

  2. DYNACOM IRL 2015, University of Tokyo-CNRS-UR1, Departement of Chemistry, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    Elzbieta Trzop, Benoit Corraze, Laurent Cario, Etienne Janod, Nicolas Godin & Roman Bertoni

  3. Nantes Université, CNRS, Institut des Matériaux de Nantes Jean Rouxel, IMN, 44000, Nantes, France

    Julien Tranchant, Benoit Corraze, Zohra Khaldi & Laurent Cario

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Privault, G., Huitric, G., Hervé, M. et al. Ultrafast photo-induced dynamics of \(\hbox {V}_{2} \hbox {O}_{3}\) thin films under hydrostatic pressure. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 232, 2195–2203 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-022-00680-w

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