- Letter
Connection between coherent phonons and electron-phonon coupling in Sb (111)
Phys. Rev. B 105, L161107 – Published 27 April, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.L161107
Abstract
We report time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (trARPES) measurements on the Sb(111) surface. We observe band- and momentum-dependent binding-energy oscillations in the bulk and surface bands driven by and coherent phonons. While the bulk band shows simultaneous and oscillations, the surface bands show either or oscillations. The observed behavior is reproduced by frozen-phonon calculations based on density functional theory. This evidences the connection between electron-phonon coupling and coherent binding-energy dynamics tied to lattice vibration and confirms that band-, momentum-, and mode-dependent electron-phonon coupling can indeed be probed by trARPES in the low fluence limit.