Cluster charge-density-wave glass in hydrogen-intercalated TiSe${}_2$

Abstract

The topotactic intercalation of transition-metal dichalcogenides with atomic or molecular ions acts as an efficient knob to tune the electronic ground state of the host compound. A representative material in this sense is 1$T$-TiSe${}_2$, where the electric-field-controlled intercalations of lithium or hydrogen trigger superconductivity coexisting with the charge-density wave phase. Here, we use the nuclear magnetic moments of the intercalants in hydrogen-intercalated 1$T$-TiSe${}_2$ as local probes for nuclear magnetic resonance experiments. We argue that fluctuating mesoscopic-sized domains nucleate already at temperatures higher than the bulk critical temperature to the charge-density wave phase and display cluster-glass-like dynamics in the MHz range tracked by the ${}^1$H nuclear moments. Additionally, we observe a well-defined independent dynamical process at lower temperatures that we associate with the intrinsic properties of the charge-density wave state. In particular, we ascribe the low-temperature phenomenology to the collective phason-like motion of the charge-density wave being hindered by structural defects and chemical impurities and resulting in a localized oscillating motion.

9 pages, 4 figures

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• Superconducting gap and its Little-Parks like oscillations with high-order harmonics in lithium intercalated 1T-TiSe${}_2$