Fig. 2: Lattice dynamics in the excited states.
From: Sub-picosecond photo-induced displacive phase transition in two-dimensional MoTe2

Potential energy surface at different excitation energies along the eigenvectors of (a) E″, (b) \({\rm{E}}^{\prime}\), and (c) \({{\rm{A}}}_{2}^{^{\prime\prime} }\) modes, and their corresponding structures (d–f) at the minima of the potential energy surface at 2.63 V.