Amplitude `Higgs' mode in 2H-NbSe2 Superconductor

We report experimental evidences for the observation of the superconducting amplitude mode, so-called `Higgs' mode in the charge density wave superconductor 2H-NbSe2 using Raman scattering. By comparing 2H-NbSe2 and its iso-structural partner 2H-NbS2 which shows superconductivity but lacks the charge density wave order, we demonstrate that the superconducting mode in 2H-NbSe2 owes its spectral weight to the presence of the coexisting charge density wave order. In addition, temperature dependent measurements in 2H-NbSe2 show a full spectral weight transfer from the charge density wave mode to the superconducting mode upon entering the superconducting phase. Both observations are fully consistent with a superconducting amplitude mode or Higgs mode.Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B Rapid Com. 5 pages with 3 figure

First-Order Insulator-to-Metal Mott Transition in the Paramagnetic 3D System GaTa4Se8

The nature of the Mott transition in the absence of any symmetry braking remains a matter of debate. We study the correlation-driven insulator-to-metal transition in the prototypical 3D Mott system GaTa4Se8, as a function of temperature and applied pressure. We report novel experiments on single crystals, which demonstrate that the transition is of first order and follows from the coexistence of two states, one insulating and one metallic, that we toggle with a small bias current. We provide support for our findings by contrasting the experimental data with calculations that combine local density approximation with dynamical mean-field theory, which are in very good agreement.Comment: 5 pages and 4 figures. Supplemental material: 2 pages, 2 figure

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Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of layers of superconducting 2H-TaSe2_\textbf{2}: Evidence for a zero bias anomaly in single layers

We report a characterization of surfaces of the dichalcogenide TaSe$_2$ using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/S) at 150 mK. When the top layer has the 2H structure and the layer immediately below the 1T structure, we find a singular spatial dependence of the tunneling conductance below 1 K, changing from a zero bias peak on top of Se atoms to a gap in between Se atoms. The zero bias peak is additionally modulated by the commensurate $3a_0 \times 3a_0$ charge density wave of 2H-TaSe$_2$. Multilayers of 2H-TaSe$_2$ show a spatially homogeneous superconducting gap with a critical temperature also of 1 K. We discuss possible origins for the peculiar tunneling conductance in single layers.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figure

Domain size effects on the dynamics of a charge density wave in 1T-TaS2

Recent experiments have shown that the high temperature incommensurate (I) charge density wave (CDW) phase of 1T-TaS2 can be photoinduced from the lower temperature, nearly commensurate (NC) CDW state. Here we report a time-resolved x-ray diffraction study of the growth process of the photoinduced I-CDW domains. The layered nature of the material results in a marked anisotropy in the size of the photoinduced domains of the I-phase. These are found to grow self-similarly, their shape remaining unchanged throughout the growth process. The photoinduced dynamics of the newly formed I-CDW phase was probed at various stages of the growth process using a double pump scheme, where a first pump creates I-CDW domains and a second pump excites the newly formed I-CDW state. We observe larger magnitudes of the coherently excited I-CDW amplitude mode in smaller domains, which suggests that the incommensurate lattice distortion is less stable for smaller domain sizes.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figure

Ultrafast filling of an electronic pseudogap in an incommensurate crystal

We investigate the quasiperiodic crystal (LaS)1.196(VS2) by angle and time resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The dispersion of electronic states is in qualitative agreement with band structure calculated for the VS2 slab without the incommensurate distortion. Nonetheless, the spectra display a temperature dependent pseudogap instead of quasiparticles crossing. The sudden photoexcitation at 50 K induces a partial filling of the electronic pseudogap within less than 80 fs. The electronic energy flows into the lattice modes on a comparable timescale. We attribute this surprisingly short timescale to a very strong electron-phonon coupling to the incommensurate distortion. This result sheds light on the electronic localization arising in aperiodic structures and quasicrystals

Watching the birth of a charge density wave order: diffraction study on nanometer-and picosecond-scales

Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction is used to study a photo-induced phase transition between two charge density wave (CDW) states in 1T-TaS$_2$, namely the nearly commensurate (NC) and the incommensurate (I) CDW states. Structural modulations associated with the NC-CDW order are found to disappear within 400 fs. The photo-induced I-CDW phase then develops through a nucleation/growth process which ends 100 ps after laser excitation. We demonstrate that the newly formed I-CDW phase is fragmented into several nanometric domains that are growing through a coarsening process. The coarsening dynamics is found to follow the universal Lifshitz-Allen-Cahn growth law, which describes the ordering kinetics in systems exhibiting a non-conservative order parameter.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure

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ESFORÇOS DE CAPACITAÇÃO INOVATIVA DO SETOR INDUSTRIAL DOS ESTADOS DA REGIÃO SUL E DO BRASIL APÓS A CRISE DE 2008: UM ESTUDO COMPARATIVO

Este trabalho tem o propósito de investigar os esforços inovativos executados pelas empresas dos estados de Santa Catarina, Paraná e Rio Grande do Sul para superar a crise econômica de 2008, em comparação aos esforços nacionais. A análise será realizada com base em uma breve fundamentação teórica neo-schumpeteriana e nos dados da Pesquisa de Inovação Tecnológica (PINTEC) dos triênios de 2006-2008, 2009-2011 e 2012-2014, elaborada pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), com o apoio da Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos – FINEP e do Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação; a pesquisa tem como principal objetivo acompanhar o desenvolvimento dos esforços inovadores das empresas brasileiras. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva explicativa, onde os dados são expostos através de tabelas, de forma sintética, e analisados no decorrer do texto. Conhecer estes indicadores torna-se um requerimento importante, em uma região como o Sul, considerada a segunda mais produtiva do país. Os meios de capacitação tecnológica e as estratégias adotadas são fundamentais para a manutenção competitiva de empresas e conjuntos produtivos, ressaltando a importância de estudos aplicados sobre as capacitações tecnológicas de alguns setores produtivos. A pesquisa possibilitou uma análise de categorias como: as principais atividades de inovação feitas pelas empresas, as fontes de informação mais utilizadas, as relações de cooperação e os benefícios trazidos pelas inovações às empresas que dispenderam gastos em atividades inovadoras. Foi constatado que entre os principais esforços inovativos no Brasil e nos estados da região sul figura-se a aquisição de máquinas e equipamentos como a atividade inovativa predominante; as redes de informações informatizadas é o principal meio de informação utilizado pelas empresas atualmente; que os fornecedores são suas principais fontes de cooperação; e que os principais benefícios das empresas com o investimento é identificado na melhoria da qualidade dos produtos e na manutenção da participação da empresa no mercado.Palavras-chave: Economia Industrial. Inovação. Pesquisa Industrial Tecnológica

Post-modernism's use and abuse of Nietzsche

I focus on Nietzsche's architectural metaphor of self-construction in arguing for the claim that postmodern readings of Nietzsche misunderstand his various attacks on dogmatic philosophy as paving the way for acceptance of a self characterized by fundamental disunity. Nietzsche's attack on essentialist dogmatic metaphysics is a call to engage in a purposive self-creation under a unifying will, a will that possesses the strength to reinterpret history as a pathway to "the problem that we are". Nietzsche agrees with the postmodernists that unity is not a pre-given, however he would disavow their rejection of unity as a goal. Where the postmodernists celebrate "the death of the subject" Nietzsche rejects this valorization of disunity as a form of Nihilism and prescribes the creation of a genuine unified subjectivity to those few capable of such a goal. Postmodernists are nearer Nietzsche's idea of the Last Man than his idea of the Overman.Articl