Non-thermal electrons open the non-equilibrium pathway of the phase transition in FeRh

Abstract The optical excitation of metals initially creates short-lived non-Fermi distributions of the electrons. The electrons and holes excited far above and below the Fermi level quickly relax to hot Fermi-distributions that subsequently cool via electron-phonon scattering. Here, we show that suc...

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Main Authors: Maximilian Mattern, Steffen Peer Zeuschner, Matthias Rössle, Jon Ander Arregi, Vojtěch Uhlíř, Matias Bargheer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-025-02066-5
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