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Physicists Watched a Quantum Material Rebuild Itself Like Ice After Laser Blasts : ScienceAlert (opens in a new tab)

sciencealert.com · 2026-09-10

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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedA new study published in Nature Physics investigates how two charge density wave (CDW) phases can emerge and coexist in the same material.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedThe researchers used erbium tritelluride, a material already known to host two CDW orders, as a model system for understanding phase competition in more complex quantum materials.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedUsing two short, intense laser pulses, the team disturbed the CDW pattern and then measured how it rebuilt itself.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedThe first, dominant CDW phase returned gradually and uniformly, while the second phase reappeared in isolated pockets that spread through the material, similar to crystals of ice appearing as water freezes.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedThe article says the results suggest the two CDW phases form through fundamentally different mechanisms and could help future studies of more complex materials such as high-temperature superconductors.View evidenceHide evidence

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Time-domain identification of distinct mechanisms for competing charge density waves in a rare-earth tritelluride

Nature Physics · 2026

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Time-domain identification of distinct mechanisms for competing charge density waves in a rare-earth tritelluride

Nature Physics · 2026 · Crossref

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