Complex materials encompassing different phases of matter can display new light-induced states differing from those attainable under equilibrium conditions. These states can be realized when energy is injected in the material following a nonequilibrium pathway, unbalancing the unperturbed energy landscape of the material. Guided by the fact that photoemission experiments allow for detailed insights in the electronic band structure of ordered systems, here we study bulk $1T\text{−}{\mathrm{VSe}}_2$ in its metallic and charge-density-wave phase by time- and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. After near-infrared optical excitation, the system shows a net increase of the density of states in the energy range of the valence bands, in the vicinity of the Fermi level, lasting for several picoseconds. We discuss possible origins as band shifts or correlation effects on the basis of a band structure analysis. Our results uncover the possibility of altering the electronic band structure of bulk $1T\text{−}{\mathrm{VSe}}_2$ for low excitation fluences, contributing to the understanding of light-induced electronic states.

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• Density of states
• Electron relaxation
• Electronic structure
• Population dynamics
• Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
• Density functional theory
• Photoelectron techniques
• Photoemission spectroscopy
• Polarization-dependent photoemission spectroscopy
• Time & angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy