Photoinduced phase transitions

Photoinduced phase transition is a technique used in solid-state physics. It is a process to the nonequilibrium phases generated from an equilibrium by shining on high energy photons, and the nonequilibrium phase is a macroscopic excited domain that has new structural and electronic orders quite different from the starting ground state (equilibrium phase).^[1][2]

References

1. Nasu, K. (2004). Photoinduced Phase Transitions. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. ISBN 981-238-763-3
2. Nicholson CW, Lücke A, Schmidt WG, Puppin M, Rettig L, Ernstorfer R, Wolf M. Beyond the molecular movie: Dynamics of bands and bonds during a photoinduced phase transition. Science. 2018 Nov 16;362(6416):821-825. doi:10.1126/science.aar4183 PMID 30442808