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ArticleNature communications2026

Photoinduced correlations in stochastic dynamics of a solid-state ionic conductor.

Jackson McClellan, Alfred Zong, Kim H Pham, Hanzhe Liu, Zachery W B Iton, Burak Guzelturk, Donald A Walko, Haidan Wen, Scott K Cushing, Michael W Zuerch

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Jackson McClellan *Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Alfred Zong *Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. alfredz@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2047-3801
Kim H PhamDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Hanzhe LiuDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Zachery W B ItonDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Burak GuzelturkAdvanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1977-6485
Donald A WalkoAdvanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-6374-9575
Haidan WenAdvanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5427-175X
Scott K CushingDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. scushing@caltech.edu.
Michael W ZuerchDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. mwz@berkeley.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5151-2119

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) NSF-REU EEC-1852537U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-SC0024123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photoexcitation by ultrashort laser pulses plays a crucial role in controlling reaction pathways, creating nonequilibrium material properties, and probing complex molecular dynamics. The photoresponse following a laser pulse is generally nonidentical between exposures due to spatiotemporal fluctuations or the stochastic nature of dynamical pathways. However, most ultrafast pump-probe experiments struggle to distinguish intrinsic sample fluctuations from extrinsic apparatus noise, often missing deviations from the averaged response. Leveraging the stability and high photon flux of time-resolved X-ray micro-diffraction at a synchrotron, we characterized stochastic photoinduced dynamics in a solid-state ionic conductor. By analyzing temporal evolutions of the lattice parameter of a single grain, we found that shot-to-shot fluctuations are not independent. Instead, correlations exist between nonequilibrium lattice trajectories following adjacent shots, with a characteristic correlation length of approximately 1500 shots, corresponding to an energy barrier of 0.4 ± 0.1 eV, close to the activation energy of lithium-ion diffusion.

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