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Solids undergoing a transition from order to disorder experience theproliferation of topological defects. The melting process generates transientquantum states. However, their dynamical nature with femtosecond lifetimehinders exploration with atomic precision. Here, we suggest an alternativeapproach to the dynamical melting process by focusing on the interface createdby competing degenerate quantum states. We use a scanning tunneling microscope(STM) to visualize the unidirectional charge density wave (CDW) and its spatialprogression ("static melting") across a twin domain boundary (TDB) in thelayered material GdTe$_{3}$. Combining STM with a spatial lock-in technique, wereveal that the order parameter amplitude attenuates with the formation ofdislocations and thus two different unidirectional CDWs coexist near the TDB,reducing the CDW anisotropy. Notably, we discover a correlation between thisanisotropy and the CDW gap. Our study provides valuable insight into thebehavior of topological defects and transient quantum states.

Melting of unidirectional charge density waves across twin domain boundaries in GdTe$_{3}$