- Accepted Paper
Unveiling high-energy ultrafast responses driven by Fermi-level gap opening in charge-density waves
Phys. Rev. Lett. - Accepted 28 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/vz71-r52l
Phys. Rev. Lett. - Accepted 28 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/vz71-r52l
Ultrafast pump–probe spectroscopy is indispensable for investigating interactions, collective excitations, and nonequilibrium dynamics in superconductors and correlated electron systems. However, how a small gap opening near Fermi surface affects the spectral changes in the high-energy interband transition region remains elusive. To address this issue, we perform systematic studies of carrier relaxation dynamics in the prototype charge-density-wave (CDW) material EuAl4. We find that the CDW gap shrinks substantially under optical pumping. This band renormalization strongly modulates interband transitions associated with the gap edge, inducing a pronounced transient reflectivity change at the corresponding probe energies. These results establish a direct link between low-energy order-parameter dynamics and high-energy spectral responses, providing a general framework for interpreting transient signals in gapped quantum materials.
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