Bipolaronic Nature of the Pseudogap in Quasi-One-Dimensional (TaSe<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>I Revealed via Weak Photoexcitation.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The origin of the pseudogap in many strongly correlated materials has been a longstanding puzzle. Here, we present experimental evidence that many-body interactions among small Holstein polarons, i.e., the formation of bipolarons, are primarily responsible for the pseudogap in (TaSe<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>I. After weak photoexcitation of the material, we observe the appearance of both dispersive (single-particle bare band) and flat bands (single-polaron sub-bands) in the gap by using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Based on Monte Carlo simulations of the Holstein model, we propose that the melting of pseudogap and emergence of new bands originate from a bipolaron to single-polaron crossover. We also observe dramatically different relaxation times for the excited in-gap states in (TaSe<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>I (∼600 fs) compared with another 1D material Rb<sub>0.3</sub>MoO<sub>3</sub> (∼60 fs), which provides a new method for distinguishing between pseudogaps induced by polaronic or Luttinger-liquid many-body interactions.