The ultrafast dynamics of electrons and phonons excited by femtosecond light pulses in ferroelectric semiconductor Sn 2 P 2 S 6 is investigated using the optical pump-probe technique. It is demonstrated that a soft mode can be excited in this ferroelectric in the vicinity of the phase transition initiated by laser radiation.
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