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Through the slopes of a light-induced phase transition

The integration of theory and experiment makes possible tracking the slow evolution of a photodoped Mott insulator to a distinct non-equilibrium metallic phase under the influence of electron-lattice coupling.

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Fig. 1: Insulator-to-metal transition in epitaxially strained Ca2RuO4.

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Baykusheva, D.R. Through the slopes of a light-induced phase transition. Nat. Phys. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02401-7

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