David Reis
Director, PULSE, Professor of Photon Science and of Applied Physics
Photon Science Directorate
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Photon Science Directorate
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Professor, Applied Physics
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Principal Investigator, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences
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Principal Investigator, Stanford PULSE Institute
2024-25 Courses
- Advanced Topics in X-ray Scattering
APPPHYS 322 (Spr) - Principles of X-ray Scattering
APPPHYS 222, PHOTON 222 (Win) -
Independent Studies (3)
- Curricular Practical Training
APPPHYS 291 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Studies in Applied Physics
APPPHYS 290 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Research
PHYSICS 490 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Curricular Practical Training
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Principles of X-ray Scattering
APPPHYS 222, PHOTON 222 (Win)
2021-22 Courses
- Advanced Topics in AMO Physics
APPPHYS 384, PHOTON 384 (Win) - Principles of X-ray Scattering
APPPHYS 222, PHOTON 222 (Spr)
- Principles of X-ray Scattering
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Ian Gabalski, Jiaxuan Guo, Rafi Hessami, Jack Hirschman, Andy Howard, Kuan-Yu Lin, Jun Wang -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Haidar Al Naseri, Christian Heide, Gal Orenstein, Huaiyu Wang -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Chance Ornelas-Skarin, Tatiana Smorodnikova, Jade Stanton, Leon Zhang -
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Griffin Glenn -
Doctoral (Program)
Ernesto Flores, Paris Franz, Dongyu Liu, Gabriel Mintzer, Harrison Pasquinilli, Madison Singleton, Yaoju Tarn, Benny Weng
All Publications
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Nonthermal Bonding Origin of a Novel Photoexcited Lattice Instability in SnSe.
Physical review letters
2023; 131 (15): 156902
Abstract
Lattice dynamics measurements are often crucial tools for understanding how materials transform between different structures. We report time-resolved x-ray scattering-based measurements of the nonequilibrium lattice dynamics in SnSe, a monochalcogenide reported to host a novel photoinduced lattice instability. By fitting interatomic force models to the fluence dependent excited-state dispersion, we determine the nonthermal origin of the lattice instability to be dominated by changes of interatomic interactions along a bilayer-connecting bond, rather than of an intralayer bonding network that is of primary importance to the lattice instability in thermal equilibrium.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.156902
View details for PubMedID 37897786
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Ultrafast X-Ray Scattering Reveals Composite Amplitude Collective Mode in the Weyl Charge Density Wave Material (TaSe_{4})_{2}I.
Physical review letters
2023; 131 (7): 076901
Abstract
We report ultrafast x-ray scattering experiments of the quasi-1D charge density wave (CDW) material (TaSe_{4})_{2}I following ultrafast infrared photoexcitation. From the time-dependent diffraction signal at the CDW sidebands we identify a 0.11 THz amplitude mode derived primarily from a transverse acoustic mode of the high-symmetry structure. From our measurements we determine that this mode interacts with the valence charge indirectly through another collective mode, and that the CDW system in (TaSe_{4})_{2}I has a composite nature supporting multiple dynamically active structural degrees of freedom.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.076901
View details for PubMedID 37656841
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Ultrafast lattice disordering can be accelerated by electronic collisional forces
NATURE PHYSICS
2023
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41567-023-02118-z
View details for Web of Science ID 001020305600004
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In situ high-harmonic microscopy of a nanostructured solid
OPTICA
2023; 10 (5): 642-649
View details for DOI 10.1364/OPTICA.488545
View details for Web of Science ID 000996362200001
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Influence of local symmetry on lattice dynamics coupled to topological surface states
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2023; 107 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.014305
View details for Web of Science ID 000921610800004
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High-harmonic generation from artificially stacked 2D crystals
NANOPHOTONICS
2023
View details for DOI 10.1515/nanoph-2022-0595
View details for Web of Science ID 000909764500001
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Floquet engineering of strongly driven excitons in monolayer tungsten disulfide
NATURE PHYSICS
2023
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41567-022-01849-9
View details for Web of Science ID 000910858200004
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Introduction to the Topical Issue high field QED physics.
The European physical journal. D, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
2023; 77 (4): 55
View details for DOI 10.1140/epjd/s10053-023-00617-5
View details for PubMedID 37035253
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Intense infrared lasers for strong-field science
ADVANCES IN OPTICS AND PHOTONICS
2022; 14 (4): 652-782
View details for DOI 10.1364/AOP.454797
View details for Web of Science ID 000917420400001
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In-Situ Nanoscale Focusing of Extreme Ultraviolet Solid-State High Harmonics
PHYSICAL REVIEW X
2022; 12 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevX.12.041036
View details for Web of Science ID 000912727700001
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Probing topological phase transitions using high-harmonic generation
NATURE PHOTONICS
2022
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41566-022-01050-7
View details for Web of Science ID 000841689800001
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Probing electron-hole coherence in strongly driven 2D materials using high-harmonic generation
OPTICA
2022; 9 (5): 512-516
View details for DOI 10.1364/OPTICA.444105
View details for Web of Science ID 000799613700010
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Observation of a Novel Lattice Instability in Ultrafast Photoexcited SnSe
PHYSICAL REVIEW X
2022; 12 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevX.12.011029
View details for Web of Science ID 000761380600001
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Dynamically Tunable Terahertz Emission Enabled by Anomalous Optical Phonon Responses in Lead Telluride
ACS PHOTONICS
2021; 8 (12): 3633-3640
View details for DOI 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01291
View details for Web of Science ID 000753681400025
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All-Optical Probe of Three-Dimensional Topological Insulators Based on High-Harmonic Generation by Circularly Polarized Laser Fields.
Nano letters
2021
Abstract
We report the observation of an anomalous nonlinear optical response of the prototypical three-dimensional topological insulator bismuth selenide through the process of high-order harmonic generation. We find that the generation efficiency increases as the laser polarization is changed from linear to elliptical, and it becomes maximum for circular polarization. With the aid of a microscopic theory and a detailed analysis of the measured spectra, we reveal that such anomalous enhancement encodes the characteristic topology of the band structure that originates from the interplay of strong spin-orbit coupling and time-reversal symmetry protection. The implications are in ultrafast probing of topological phase transitions, light-field driven dissipationless electronics, and quantum computation.
View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02145
View details for PubMedID 34676752
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Measurements of nonequilibrium interatomic forces using time-domain x-ray scattering
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2021; 103 (18)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.L180101
View details for Web of Science ID 000655872300005
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Strong-field physics in three-dimensional topological insulators
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
2021; 103 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.023101
View details for Web of Science ID 000613912700002
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The effect of photo-carrier doping on the generation of high harmonics from MoS2
IEEE. 2021
View details for Web of Science ID 000831479801311
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On the Use of Multilayer Laue Lenses with X-ray Free Electron Lasers
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2021
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2592229
View details for Web of Science ID 000759193300021
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Beating absorption in solid-state high harmonics
COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS
2020; 3 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1038/s42005-020-00472-5
View details for Web of Science ID 000588103100005
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Attosecond synchronization of extreme ultraviolet high harmonics from crystals
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
2020; 53 (14)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1361-6455/ab8e56
View details for Web of Science ID 000546851000001
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Disentangling interface and bulk contributions to high-harmonic emission from solids
OPTICA
2019; 6 (5): 553–56
View details for DOI 10.1364/OPTICA.6.000553
View details for Web of Science ID 000468373300006
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Anomalous behavior of nonequilibrium excitations in UO2
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2019; 99 (13)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.134307
View details for Web of Science ID 000465151400002
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Time-dependent QED approach to x-ray nonlinear Compton scattering
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
2019; 99 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.022120
View details for Web of Science ID 000459200600001
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Interferometry of dipole phase in high harmonics from solids
NATURE PHOTONICS
2019; 13 (2): 96-+
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41566-018-0326-x
View details for Web of Science ID 000456652900013
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Characterization of high-harmonic emission from ZnO up to 11 eV pumped with a Cr:ZnS high-repetition-rate source
OPTICS LETTERS
2019; 44 (2): 259–62
Abstract
We report the measurement of high-order harmonics from a ZnO crystal with photon energies up to 11 eV generated by a high-repetition-rate femtosecond Cr:ZnS laser operating in the mid-infrared at 2-3 μm, delivering few-cycle pulses with multi-watt average power and multi-megawatt peak power. High-focus intensity is achieved in a single pass through the crystal without a buildup cavity or nanostructued pattern for field enhancement. We measure in excess of 108 high-harmonic photons/second.
View details for DOI 10.1364/OL.44.000259
View details for Web of Science ID 000455620100020
View details for PubMedID 30644875
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Femtosecond x-ray diffraction reveals a liquid-liquid phase transition in phase-change materials.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
2019; 364 (6445): 1062–67
Abstract
In phase-change memory devices, a material is cycled between glassy and crystalline states. The highly temperature-dependent kinetics of its crystallization process enables application in memory technology, but the transition has not been resolved on an atomic scale. Using femtosecond x-ray diffraction and ab initio computer simulations, we determined the time-dependent pair-correlation function of phase-change materials throughout the melt-quenching and crystallization process. We found a liquid-liquid phase transition in the phase-change materials Ag4In3Sb67Te26 and Ge15Sb85 at 660 and 610 kelvin, respectively. The transition is predominantly caused by the onset of Peierls distortions, the amplitude of which correlates with an increase of the apparent activation energy of diffusivity. This reveals a relationship between atomic structure and kinetics, enabling a systematic optimization of the memory-switching kinetics.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aaw1773
View details for PubMedID 31197008
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High-Harmonic Generation from Topological Insulators
IEEE. 2019
View details for Web of Science ID 000482226301135
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Mapping spin-correlations with hard X-ray free-electron laser
E D P SCIENCES. 2019
View details for DOI 10.1051/epjconf/201920507007
View details for Web of Science ID 000570451400144
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High-harmonic generation from solids
NATURE PHYSICS
2019; 15 (1): 10–16
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41567-018-0315-5
View details for Web of Science ID 000454733100012
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Theory of x-ray scattering from laser-driven electronic systems
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2018; 98 (22)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.224302
View details for Web of Science ID 000452006600004
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Frequency-selective excitation of high-wavevector phonons
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
2018; 113 (17)
View details for DOI 10.1063/1.5047447
View details for Web of Science ID 000449145700017
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Enhanced high-harmonic generation from an all-dielectric metasurface
NATURE PHYSICS
2018; 14 (10): 1006-+
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41567-018-0233-6
View details for Web of Science ID 000446186700013
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Direct Measurement of Anharmonic Decay Channels of a Coherent Phonon.
Physical review letters
2018; 121 (12): 125901
Abstract
We report channel-resolved measurements of the anharmonic coupling of the coherent A_{1g} phonon in photoexcited bismuth to pairs of high wave vector acoustic phonons. The decay of a coherent phonon can be understood as a parametric resonance process whereby the atomic displacement periodically modulates the frequency of a broad continuum of modes. This coupling drives temporal oscillations in the phonon mean-square displacements at the A_{1g} frequency that are observed across the Brillouin zone by femtosecond x-ray diffuse scattering. We extract anharmonic coupling constants between the A_{1g} and several representative decay channels that are within an order of magnitude of density functional perturbation theory calculations.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.125901
View details for PubMedID 30296113
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Direct Measurement of Anharmonic Decay Channels of a Coherent Phonon
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2018; 121 (12)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.125901
View details for Web of Science ID 000445177300013
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Probing periodic potential of crystals via strong-field re-scattering
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
2018; 51 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1361-6455/aac11d
View details for Web of Science ID 000432358000001
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Roadmap of ultrafast x-ray atomic and molecular physics
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
2018; 51 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1361-6455/aa9735
View details for Web of Science ID 000419798100001
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Ultrafast disordering of vanadium dimers in photoexcited VO2.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
2018; 362 (6414): 572–76
Abstract
Many ultrafast solid phase transitions are treated as chemical reactions that transform the structures between two different unit cells along a reaction coordinate, but this neglects the role of disorder. Although ultrafast diffraction provides insights into atomic dynamics during such transformations, diffraction alone probes an averaged unit cell and is less sensitive to randomness in the transition pathway. Using total scattering of femtosecond x-ray pulses, we show that atomic disordering in photoexcited vanadium dioxide (VO2) is central to the transition mechanism and that, after photoexcitation, the system explores a large volume of phase space on a time scale comparable to that of a single phonon oscillation. These results overturn the current understanding of an archetypal ultrafast phase transition and provide new microscopic insights into rapid evolution toward equilibrium in photoexcited matter.
View details for PubMedID 30385575
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Orientation dependence of temporal and spectral properties of high-order harmonics in solids
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
2017; 96 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.96.063412
View details for Web of Science ID 000418194500007
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Anisotropic high-harmonic generation in bulk crystals
NATURE PHYSICS
2017; 13 (4): 345-349
View details for DOI 10.1038/NPHYS3955
View details for Web of Science ID 000398262900012
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High-harmonic generation from an atomically thin semiconductor
NATURE PHYSICS
2017; 13 (3): 262-?
View details for DOI 10.1038/NPHYS3946
View details for Web of Science ID 000395814000017
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High-order harmonics from bulk and 2D crystals
IEEE. 2017
View details for Web of Science ID 000432564600541
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Visualization of Atomic-Scale Motions in Materials via Femtosecond X-Ray Scattering Techniques
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, VOL 47
2017; 47: 425–49
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070616-124152
View details for Web of Science ID 000407726600018
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Phase-coherence of high-order harmonics from bulk crystals using homodyne detection
IEEE. 2017
View details for Web of Science ID 000427296200295
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Nonsequential two-photon absorption from the K shell in solid zirconium
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
2016; 94 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.043418
View details for Web of Science ID 000386088800011
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Control of two-phonon correlations and the mechanism of high-wavevector phonon generation by ultrafast light pulses
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2016; 94 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.020302
View details for Web of Science ID 000380098600001
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Solid-state harmonics beyond the atomic limit
NATURE
2016; 534 (7608): 520-?
Abstract
Strong-field laser excitation of solids can produce extremely nonlinear electronic and optical behaviour. As recently demonstrated, this includes the generation of high harmonics extending into the vacuum-ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. High harmonic generation is shown to occur fundamentally differently in solids and in dilute atomic gases. How the microscopic mechanisms in the solid and the gas differ remains a topic of intense debate. Here we report a direct comparison of high harmonic generation in the solid and gas phases of argon and krypton. Owing to the weak van der Waals interaction, rare (noble)-gas solids are a near-ideal medium in which to study the role of high density and periodicity in the generation process. We find that the high harmonic generation spectra from the rare-gas solids exhibit multiple plateaus extending well beyond the atomic limit of the corresponding gas-phase harmonics measured under similar conditions. The appearance of multiple plateaus indicates strong interband couplings involving multiple single-particle bands. We also compare the dependence of the solid and gas harmonic yield on laser ellipticity and find that they are similar, suggesting the importance of electron-hole recollision in these solids. This implies that gas-phase methods such as polarization gating for attosecond pulse generation and orbital tomography could be realized in solids.
View details for DOI 10.1038/nature17660
View details for Web of Science ID 000378270300047
View details for PubMedID 27281195
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Generation mechanism of terahertz coherent acoustic phonons in Fe
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2016; 93 (22)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.220301
View details for Web of Science ID 000377498000001
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Resonant squeezing and the anharmonic decay of coherent phonons
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2016; 93 (13)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.134308
View details for Web of Science ID 000374528100005
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Ultrafast electron diffraction from non-equilibrium phonons in femtosecond laser heated Au films
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
2016; 108 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4940981
View details for Web of Science ID 000375217200022
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Ultrafast resonant soft x-ray diffraction dynamics of the charge density wave in TbTe3
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2016; 93 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.024304
View details for Web of Science ID 000369218500004
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The origin of incipient ferroelectricity in lead telluride.
Nature communications
2016; 7: 12291-?
Abstract
The interactions between electrons and lattice vibrations are fundamental to materials behaviour. In the case of group IV-VI, V and related materials, these interactions are strong, and the materials exist near electronic and structural phase transitions. The prototypical example is PbTe whose incipient ferroelectric behaviour has been recently associated with large phonon anharmonicity and thermoelectricity. Here we show that it is primarily electron-phonon coupling involving electron states near the band edges that leads to the ferroelectric instability in PbTe. Using a combination of nonequilibrium lattice dynamics measurements and first principles calculations, we find that photoexcitation reduces the Peierls-like electronic instability and reinforces the paraelectric state. This weakens the long-range forces along the cubic direction tied to resonant bonding and low lattice thermal conductivity. Our results demonstrate how free-electron-laser-based ultrafast X-ray scattering can be utilized to shed light on the microscopic mechanisms that determine materials properties.
View details for DOI 10.1038/ncomms12291
View details for PubMedID 27447688
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Anomalous nonlinear X-ray Compton scattering
NATURE PHYSICS
2015; 11 (11): 964-970
View details for DOI 10.1038/NPHYS3452
View details for Web of Science ID 000364800600023
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Phonon spectroscopy with sub-meV resolution by femtosecond x-ray diffuse scattering
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2015; 92 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.054303
View details for Web of Science ID 000359343600001
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Imaging transient melting of a nanocrystal using an X-ray laser
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2015; 112 (24): 7444-7448
Abstract
There is a fundamental interest in studying photoinduced dynamics in nanoparticles and nanostructures as it provides insight into their mechanical and thermal properties out of equilibrium and during phase transitions. Nanoparticles can display significantly different properties from the bulk, which is due to the interplay between their size, morphology, crystallinity, defect concentration, and surface properties. Particularly interesting scenarios arise when nanoparticles undergo phase transitions, such as melting induced by an optical laser. Current theoretical evidence suggests that nanoparticles can undergo reversible nonhomogenous melting with the formation of a core-shell structure consisting of a liquid outer layer. To date, studies from ensembles of nanoparticles have tentatively suggested that such mechanisms are present. Here we demonstrate imaging transient melting and softening of the acoustic phonon modes of an individual gold nanocrystal, using an X-ray free electron laser. The results demonstrate that the transient melting is reversible and nonhomogenous, consistent with a core-shell model of melting. The results have implications for understanding transient processes in nanoparticles and determining their elastic properties as they undergo phase transitions.
View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1417678112
View details for Web of Science ID 000356251800042
View details for PubMedID 26034277
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High-harmonic generation from Bloch electrons in solids
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
2015; 91 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.91.043839
View details for Web of Science ID 000353543500010
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Strong-field and attosecond physics in solids
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
2014; 47 (20)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0953-4075/47/20/204030
View details for Web of Science ID 000343320200031
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Below gap optical absorption in GaAs driven by intense, single-cycle coherent transition radiation
OPTICS EXPRESS
2014; 22 (14): 17423-17429
Abstract
Single-cycle terahertz fields generated by coherent transition radiation from a relativistic electron beam are used to study the high field optical response of single crystal GaAs. Large amplitude changes in the sub-band-gap optical absorption are induced and probed dynamically by measuring the absorption of a broad-band optical beam generated by transition radiation from the same electron bunch, providing an absolutely synchronized pump and probe geometry. This modification of the optical properties is consistent with strong-field-induced electroabsorption. These processes are pertinent to a wide range of nonlinear terahertz-driven light-matter interactions anticipated at accelerator-based sources.
View details for DOI 10.1364/OE.22.017423
View details for Web of Science ID 000340674700072
View details for PubMedID 25090555
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Measurement of transient atomic displacements in thin films with picosecond and femtometer resolution
STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS-US
2014; 1 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4875347
View details for Web of Science ID 000354989200001
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X-ray second harmonic generation.
Physical review letters
2014; 112 (16): 163901-?
Abstract
We report clear experimental evidence for second harmonic generation at hard x-ray wavelengths. Using a 1.7 Å pumping beam generated by a free electron laser, we observe second harmonic generation in diamond. The generated second harmonic is of order 10 times the background radiation, scales quadratically with pump pulse energy, and is generated over a narrow phase-matching condition. Of importance for future experiments, our results indicate that it is possible to observe nonlinear x-ray processes in crystals at pump intensities exceeding 1016 W/cm2.
View details for PubMedID 24815649
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X-Ray Second Harmonic Generation
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2014; 112 (16)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.163901
View details for Web of Science ID 000338513000007
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Evidence for photo-induced monoclinic metallic VO2 under high pressure
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
2014; 104 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4862197
View details for Web of Science ID 000330431000045
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Fourier-transform inelastic X-ray scattering from time- and momentum-dependent phonon-phonon correlations
NATURE PHYSICS
2013; 9 (12): 790-794
View details for DOI 10.1038/NPHYS2788
View details for Web of Science ID 000327944600017
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Time- and momentum-resolved probe of heat transport in photo-excited bismuth
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
2013; 102 (18)
View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4804291
View details for Web of Science ID 000320439900025
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Real-Time Manifestation of Strongly Coupled Spin and Charge Order Parameters in Stripe-Ordered La_{1.75}Sr_{0.25}NiO_{4} Nickelate Crystals Using Time-Resolved Resonant X-Ray Diffraction.
Physical review letters
2013; 110 (12): 127404-?
Abstract
We investigate the order parameter dynamics of the stripe-ordered nickelate, La_{1.75}Sr_{0.25}NiO_{4}, using time-resolved resonant x-ray diffraction. In spite of distinct spin and charge energy scales, the two order parameters' amplitude dynamics are found to be linked together due to strong coupling. Additionally, the vector nature of the spin sector introduces a longer reorientation time scale which is absent in the charge sector. These findings demonstrate that the correlation linking the symmetry-broken states does not unbind during the nonequilibrium process, and the time scales are not necessarily associated with the characteristic energy scales of individual degrees of freedom.
View details for PubMedID 25166848
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Real-Time Manifestation of Strongly Coupled Spin and Charge Order Parameters in Stripe-Ordered La1.75Sr0.25NiO4 Nickelate Crystals Using Time-Resolved Resonant X-Ray Diffraction
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2013; 110 (12)
Abstract
We investigate the order parameter dynamics of the stripe-ordered nickelate, La_{1.75}Sr_{0.25}NiO_{4}, using time-resolved resonant x-ray diffraction. In spite of distinct spin and charge energy scales, the two order parameters' amplitude dynamics are found to be linked together due to strong coupling. Additionally, the vector nature of the spin sector introduces a longer reorientation time scale which is absent in the charge sector. These findings demonstrate that the correlation linking the symmetry-broken states does not unbind during the nonequilibrium process, and the time scales are not necessarily associated with the characteristic energy scales of individual degrees of freedom.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.127404
View details for Web of Science ID 000316411100019
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Free-carrier relaxation and lattice heating in photoexcited bismuth
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2013; 87 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.075429
View details for Web of Science ID 000315145900019
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Optical Probing of Ultrafast Electronic Decay in Bi and Sb with Slow Phonons
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2013; 110 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.047401
View details for Web of Science ID 000313952500017
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Photon-Counting Detectors for Pump-Probe Science
60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) / Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) / 20th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X-ray and Gamma-ray Detectors
IEEE. 2013
View details for Web of Science ID 000347163503065
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X-ray and optical wave mixing
NATURE
2012; 488 (7413): 603-?
Abstract
Light-matter interactions are ubiquitous, and underpin a wide range of basic research fields and applied technologies. Although optical interactions have been intensively studied, their microscopic details are often poorly understood and have so far not been directly measurable. X-ray and optical wave mixing was proposed nearly half a century ago as an atomic-scale probe of optical interactions but has not yet been observed owing to a lack of sufficiently intense X-ray sources. Here we use an X-ray laser to demonstrate X-ray and optical sum-frequency generation. The underlying nonlinearity is a reciprocal-space probe of the optically induced charges and associated microscopic fields that arise in an illuminated material. To within the experimental errors, the measured efficiency is consistent with first-principles calculations of microscopic optical polarization in diamond. The ability to probe optical interactions on the atomic scale offers new opportunities in both basic and applied areas of science.
View details for DOI 10.1038/nature11340
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View details for PubMedID 22932384
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Temporal cross-correlation of x-ray free electron and optical lasers using soft x-ray pulse induced transient reflectivity
OPTICS EXPRESS
2012; 20 (10): 11396-11406
Abstract
The recent development of x-ray free electron lasers providing coherent, femtosecond-long pulses of high brilliance and variable energy opens new areas of scientific research in a variety of disciplines such as physics, chemistry, and biology. Pump-probe experimental techniques which observe the temporal evolution of systems after optical or x-ray pulse excitation are one of the main experimental schemes currently in use for ultrafast studies. The key challenge in these experiments is to reliably achieve temporal and spatial overlap of the x-ray and optical pulses. Here we present measurements of the x-ray pulse induced transient change of optical reflectivity from a variety of materials covering the soft x-ray photon energy range from 500eV to 2000eV and outline the use of this technique to establish and characterize temporal synchronization of the optical-laser and FEL x-ray pulses.
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Phase fluctuations and the absence of topological defects in a photo-excited charge-ordered nickelate
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
2012; 3
Abstract
The dynamics of an order parameter's amplitude and phase determines the collective behaviour of novel states emerging in complex materials. Time- and momentum-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy, by virtue of measuring material properties at atomic and electronic time scales out of equilibrium, can decouple entangled degrees of freedom by visualizing their corresponding dynamics in the time domain. Here we combine time-resolved femotosecond optical and resonant X-ray diffraction measurements on charge ordered La(1.75)Sr(0.25)NiO(4) to reveal unforeseen photoinduced phase fluctuations of the charge order parameter. Such fluctuations preserve long-range order without creating topological defects, distinct from thermal phase fluctuations near the critical temperature in equilibrium. Importantly, relaxation of the phase fluctuations is found to be an order of magnitude slower than that of the order parameter's amplitude fluctuations, and thus limits charge order recovery. This new aspect of phase fluctuations provides a more holistic view of the phase's importance in ordering phenomena of quantum matter.
View details for DOI 10.1038/ncomms1837
View details for Web of Science ID 000304611400033
View details for PubMedID 22588300
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Generation and propagation of high-order harmonics in crystals
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
2012; 85 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.043836
View details for Web of Science ID 000303067300009
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Molecular frame Auger electron energy spectrum from N-2
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
2012; 45 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0953-4075/45/5/055601
View details for Web of Science ID 000300707800011
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Ultrafast Photovoltaic Response in Ferroelectric Nanolayers
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2012; 108 (8)
Abstract
We show that light drives large-amplitude structural changes in thin films of the prototypical ferroelectric PbTiO3 via direct coupling to its intrinsic photovoltaic response. Using time-resolved x-ray scattering to visualize atomic displacements on femtosecond time scales, photoinduced changes in the unit-cell tetragonality are observed. These are driven by the motion of photogenerated free charges within the ferroelectric and can be simply explained by a model including both shift and screening currents, associated with the displacement of electrons first antiparallel to and then parallel to the ferroelectric polarization direction.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.087601
View details for Web of Science ID 000300669600033
View details for PubMedID 22463572
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Ultrafast pump-probe measurements of short small-polaron lifetimes in the mixed-valence perovskite Cs2Au2I6 under high pressures
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2012; 85 (8)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.081102
View details for Web of Science ID 000299901600002
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Strong-field Effects in Solids
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
IEEE. 2012
View details for Web of Science ID 000310362403289
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High-order harmonic generation in solid argon
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
IEEE. 2012
View details for Web of Science ID 000310362403283
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Scaling of High-Order Harmonic Generation in the Long Wavelength Limit of a Strong Laser Field
IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
2012; 18 (1): 419-433
View details for DOI 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2158391
View details for Web of Science ID 000299933700043
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Unveiling and Driving Hidden Resonances with High-Fluence, High-Intensity X-Ray Pulses
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2011; 107 (23)
Abstract
We show that high fluence, high-intensity x-ray pulses from the world's first hard x-ray free-electron laser produce nonlinear phenomena that differ dramatically from the linear x-ray-matter interaction processes that are encountered at synchrotron x-ray sources. We use intense x-ray pulses of sub-10-fs duration to first reveal and subsequently drive the 1s↔2p resonance in singly ionized neon. This photon-driven cycling of an inner-shell electron modifies the Auger decay process, as evidenced by line shape modification. Our work demonstrates the propensity of high-fluence, femtosecond x-ray pulses to alter the target within a single pulse, i.e., to unveil hidden resonances, by cracking open inner shells energetically inaccessible via single-photon absorption, and to consequently trigger damaging electron cascades at unexpectedly low photon energies.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.233001
View details for Web of Science ID 000297501900007
View details for PubMedID 22182083
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Thermal transport in thin films measured by time-resolved, grazing incidence x-ray diffraction
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
2011; 110 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1063/1.3661164
View details for Web of Science ID 000297943700004
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Redshift in the Optical Absorption of ZnO Single Crystals in the Presence of an Intense Midinfrared Laser Field
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2011; 107 (16)
Abstract
We report time-resolved electroabsorption of a weak probe in a 500 μm thick zinc-oxide crystal in the presence of a strong midinfrared pump in the tunneling limit. We observe a substantial redshift in the absorption edge that scales with the cube root of intensity up to 1 TW/cm(2) (0.38 eV cm(2/3) TW(-1/3)) after which it increases more slowly to 0.4 eV at a maximum applied intensity of 5 TW/cm(2). The maximum shift corresponds to more than 10% of the band gap. The change in scaling occurs in a regime of nonperturbative high-order harmonic generation where electrons undergo periodic Bragg scattering from the Brillouin zone boundaries. It also coincides with the limit where the electric field becomes comparable to the ratio of the band gap to the lattice spacing.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.167407
View details for Web of Science ID 000296371800010
View details for PubMedID 22107430
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Single-cycle terahertz pulses with > 0.2 V/angstrom field amplitudes via coherent transition radiation
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
2011; 99 (14)
View details for DOI 10.1063/1.3646399
View details for Web of Science ID 000295625100017
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Kapitza conductance of Bi/sapphire interface studied by depth- and time-resolved X-ray diffraction
SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
2011; 151 (11): 826-829
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ssc.2011.03.022
View details for Web of Science ID 000291195400005
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Nonlinear Atomic Response to Intense Ultrashort X Rays
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2011; 106 (8)
Abstract
The nonlinear absorption mechanisms of neon atoms to intense, femtosecond kilovolt x rays are investigated. The production of Ne(9+) is observed at x-ray frequencies below the Ne(8+), 1s(2) absorption edge and demonstrates a clear quadratic dependence on fluence. Theoretical analysis shows that the production is a combination of the two-photon ionization of Ne(8+) ground state and a high-order sequential process involving single-photon production and ionization of transient excited states on a time scale faster than the Auger decay. We find that the nonlinear direct two-photon ionization cross section is orders of magnitude higher than expected from previous calculations.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.083002
View details for Web of Science ID 000287714900007
View details for PubMedID 21405568
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Observation of high-order harmonic generation in a bulk crystal
NATURE PHYSICS
2011; 7 (2): 138-141
View details for DOI 10.1038/NPHYS1847
View details for Web of Science ID 000286807000016
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Strong-field Induced Optical Absorption in ZnO Crystal
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
IEEE. 2011
View details for Web of Science ID 000295612403321
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Generation of > 100 mu J, Broadband THz Transients with > 10 MV/cm Fields via Coherent Transition Radiation at the Linac Coherent Light Source
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
IEEE. 2011
View details for Web of Science ID 000295612401212
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Imaging nonequilibrium atomic vibrations with x-ray diffuse scattering
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2010; 82 (23)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.235205
View details for Web of Science ID 000286768600006
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Auger Electron Angular Distribution of Double Core-Hole States in the Molecular Reference Frame
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2010; 105 (8)
Abstract
The Linac Coherent Light Source free electron laser is a source of high brightness x rays, 2×10(11) photons in a ∼5 fs pulse, that can be focused to produce double core vacancies through rapid sequential ionization. This enables double core vacancy Auger electron spectroscopy, an entirely new way to study femtosecond chemical dynamics with Auger electrons that probe the local valence structure of molecules near a specific atomic core. Using 1.1 keV photons for sequential x-ray ionization of impulsively aligned molecular nitrogen, we observed a rich single-site double core vacancy Auger electron spectrum near 413 eV, in good agreement with ab initio calculations, and we measured the corresponding Auger electron angle dependence in the molecular frame.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.083004
View details for Web of Science ID 000281072100003
View details for PubMedID 20868096
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Time-resolved pump-probe experiments at the LCLS
OPTICS EXPRESS
2010; 18 (17): 17620-17630
Abstract
The first time-resolved x-ray/optical pump-probe experiments at the SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) used a combination of feedback methods and post-analysis binning techniques to synchronize an ultrafast optical laser to the linac-based x-ray laser. Transient molecular nitrogen alignment revival features were resolved in time-dependent x-ray-induced fragmentation spectra. These alignment features were used to find the temporal overlap of the pump and probe pulses. The strong-field dissociation of x-ray generated quasi-bound molecular dications was used to establish the residual timing jitter. This analysis shows that the relative arrival time of the Ti:Sapphire laser and the x-ray pulses had a distribution with a standard deviation of approximately 120 fs. The largest contribution to the jitter noise spectrum was the locking of the laser oscillator to the reference RF of the accelerator, which suggests that simple technical improvements could reduce the jitter to better than 50 fs.
View details for Web of Science ID 000281054400005
View details for PubMedID 20721148
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Femtosecond electronic response of atoms to ultra-intense X-rays
NATURE
2010; 466 (7302): 56-U66
Abstract
An era of exploring the interactions of high-intensity, hard X-rays with matter has begun with the start-up of a hard-X-ray free-electron laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Understanding how electrons in matter respond to ultra-intense X-ray radiation is essential for all applications. Here we reveal the nature of the electronic response in a free atom to unprecedented high-intensity, short-wavelength, high-fluence radiation (respectively 10(18) W cm(-2), 1.5-0.6 nm, approximately 10(5) X-ray photons per A(2)). At this fluence, the neon target inevitably changes during the course of a single femtosecond-duration X-ray pulse-by sequentially ejecting electrons-to produce fully-stripped neon through absorption of six photons. Rapid photoejection of inner-shell electrons produces 'hollow' atoms and an intensity-induced X-ray transparency. Such transparency, due to the presence of inner-shell vacancies, can be induced in all atomic, molecular and condensed matter systems at high intensity. Quantitative comparison with theory allows us to extract LCLS fluence and pulse duration. Our successful modelling of X-ray/atom interactions using a straightforward rate equation approach augurs favourably for extension to complex systems.
View details for DOI 10.1038/nature09177
View details for Web of Science ID 000279343800034
View details for PubMedID 20596013
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High-Harmonic Generation in Strongly Driven Bulk Periodic Solid
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS)
IEEE. 2010
View details for Web of Science ID 000290513600391
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Probing unfolded acoustic phonons with X rays
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2008; 101 (2)
Abstract
Ultrafast laser excitation of an InGaAs/InAlAs superlattice (SL) creates coherent folded acoustic phonons that subsequently leak into the bulk (InP) substrate. Upon transmission, the phonons become "unfolded" into bulk modes and acquire a wave vector much larger than that of the light. We show that time-resolved x-ray diffraction is sensitive to this large-wave vector excitation in the substrate. Comparison with dynamical diffraction simulations of propagating strain supports our interpretation.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.025505
View details for Web of Science ID 000257553700035
View details for PubMedID 18764197
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Thermal transport in a semiconductor heterostructure measured by time-resolved x-ray diffraction
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2008; 78 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.045317
View details for Web of Science ID 000258190400074
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Carrier-induced disordering dynamics in InSb studied with density functional perturbation theory
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2008; 77 (19)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.195213
View details for Web of Science ID 000256971600079
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X-ray diffuse scattering measurements of nucleation dynamics at femtosecond resolution
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2008; 100 (13)
Abstract
Femtosecond time-resolved small and wide angle x-ray diffuse scattering techniques are applied to investigate the ultrafast nucleation processes that occur during the ablation process in semiconducting materials. Following intense optical excitation, a transient liquid state of high compressibility characterized by large-amplitude density fluctuations is observed and the buildup of these fluctuations is measured in real time. Small-angle scattering measurements reveal snapshots of the spontaneous nucleation of nanoscale voids within a metastable liquid and support theoretical predictions of the ablation process.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.135502
View details for Web of Science ID 000254670300046
View details for PubMedID 18517965
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Wideband detection of transient solid-state dynamics using ultrafast fiber lasers and asynchronous optical sampling
OPTICS EXPRESS
2008; 16 (4): 2322-2335
Abstract
We demonstrate optical time-domain spectroscopy from femtoseconds to nanoseconds using an ultrafast dual-fiber-laser system with kilohertz continuous scanning rates. Utilizing different wavelengths for the pump and probe beams, we exploit this system's broad range of timescales for quantitative studies of thermal transport and the detection of coherent spin and lattice excitations in epitaxial magnetic thin films. The extraordinary temporal dynamic range provides a way to connect the fast and slow timescales in the observation of dissipation and decoherence processes.
View details for Web of Science ID 000253552100003
View details for PubMedID 18542311
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Femtosecond x-ray diffuse scattering measurements of semiconductor ablation dynamics
Conference on High-Power Laser Ablation VII
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2008
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.784094
View details for Web of Science ID 000258905800002
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Asynchronous optical probing of coherent magnetic excitations from picoseconds to nanoseconds
2008 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS & QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-9
2008: 3333-3334
View details for Web of Science ID 000260498401660
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Phonon dispersion relations and softening in photoexcited bismuth from first principles
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2007; 75 (18)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.184301
View details for Web of Science ID 000246890600031
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Carrier-density-dependent lattice stability in InSb
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2007; 98 (12)
Abstract
The ultrafast decay of the x-ray diffraction intensity following laser excitation of an InSb crystal has been utilized to observe carrier dependent changes in the potential energy surface. For the first time, an abrupt carrier dependent onset for potential energy surface softening and the appearance of accelerated atomic disordering for a very high average carrier density have been observed. Inertial dynamics dominate the early stages of crystal disordering for a wide range of carrier densities between the onset of crystal softening and the appearance of accelerated atomic disordering.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.125501
View details for PubMedID 17501133
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Ultrafast bond softening in bismuth: Mapping a solid's interatomic potential with X-rays
SCIENCE
2007; 315 (5812): 633-636
Abstract
Intense femtosecond laser excitation can produce transient states of matter that would otherwise be inaccessible to laboratory investigation. At high excitation densities, the interatomic forces that bind solids and determine many of their properties can be substantially altered. Here, we present the detailed mapping of the carrier density-dependent interatomic potential of bismuth approaching a solid-solid phase transition. Our experiments combine stroboscopic techniques that use a high-brightness linear electron accelerator-based x-ray source with pulse-by-pulse timing reconstruction for femtosecond resolution, allowing quantitative characterization of the interatomic potential energy surface of the highly excited solid.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.1135009
View details for Web of Science ID 000243909400039
View details for PubMedID 17272718
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Ultrafast X-ray scattering in solids
LIGHT SCATTERING IN SOLIDS IX
2007; 108: 371-422
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Studies of ultrafast femtosecond-laser-generated strain fields with coherent X-rays
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION, PTS 1 AND 2
2007; 879: 1210-?
View details for Web of Science ID 000244647900289
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Picosecond time resolved x-ray diffraction measurements of coherent phonons and carrier dynamics at a buried interface
2007 PACIFIC RIM CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS, VOLS 1-4
2007: 304-?
View details for Web of Science ID 000256956600155
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Simulations of time-resolved x-ray diffraction in Laue geometry
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
2006; 18 (40): 9231-9244
View details for DOI 10.1088/0953-8984/18/40/009
View details for Web of Science ID 000241270100011
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Ultrafast dynamics of laser-excited solids
MRS BULLETIN
2006; 31 (8): 601-606
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Generation and propagation of a picosecond acoustic pulse at a buried interface: Time-resolved X-ray diffraction measurements
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2005; 95 (24)
Abstract
We report on the propagation of coherent acoustic wave packets in (001) surface oriented Al0.3Ga0.7As/GaAs heterostructure, generated through localized femtosecond photoexcitation of the GaAs. Transient structural changes in both the substrate and film are measured with picosecond time-resolved x-ray diffraction. The data indicate an elastic response consisting of unipolar compression pulses of a few hundred picosecond duration traveling along [001] and [001] directions that are produced by predominately impulsive stress. The transmission and reflection of the strain pulses are in agreement with an acoustic mismatch model of the heterostructure and free-space interfaces.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.246104
View details for Web of Science ID 000233826100047
View details for PubMedID 16384400
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Observation of structural anisotropy and the onset of liquidlike motion during the nonthermal melting of InSb
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2005; 95 (12)
Abstract
The melting dynamics of laser excited InSb have been studied with femtosecond x-ray diffraction. These measurements observe the delayed onset of diffusive atomic motion, signaling the appearance of liquidlike dynamics. They also demonstrate that the root-mean-squared displacement in the [111] direction increases faster than in the [110] direction after the first 500 fs. This structural anisotropy indicates that the initially generated fluid differs significantly from the equilibrium liquid.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.125701
View details for Web of Science ID 000231908200033
View details for PubMedID 16197085
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Effect of lattice anharmonicity on high-amplitude phonon dynamics in photoexcited bismuth
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2005; 72 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.060301
View details for Web of Science ID 000231564400004
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Atomic-scale visualization of inertial dynamics
SCIENCE
2005; 308 (5720): 392-395
Abstract
The motion of atoms on interatomic potential energy surfaces is fundamental to the dynamics of liquids and solids. An accelerator-based source of femtosecond x-ray pulses allowed us to follow directly atomic displacements on an optically modified energy landscape, leading eventually to the transition from crystalline solid to disordered liquid. We show that, to first order in time, the dynamics are inertial, and we place constraints on the shape and curvature of the transition-state potential energy surface. Our measurements point toward analogies between this nonequilibrium phase transition and the short-time dynamics intrinsic to equilibrium liquids.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.1107996
View details for Web of Science ID 000228492000046
View details for PubMedID 15831753
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Clocking femtosecond x rays
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2005; 94 (11)
Abstract
Linear-accelerator-based sources will revolutionize ultrafast x-ray science due to their unprecedented brightness and short pulse duration. However, time-resolved studies at the resolution of the x-ray pulse duration are hampered by the inability to precisely synchronize an external laser to the accelerator. At the Sub-Picosecond Pulse Source at the Stanford Linear-Accelerator Center we solved this problem by measuring the arrival time of each high energy electron bunch with electro-optic sampling. This measurement indirectly determined the arrival time of each x-ray pulse relative to an external pump laser pulse with a time resolution of better than 60 fs rms.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.114801
View details for Web of Science ID 000227923200034
View details for PubMedID 15903864
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X-ray synchrotron studies of ultrafast crystalline dynamics
Symposium on Applications of Synchrotron Radiation to Materials
WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2005: 177–192
Abstract
Ultrafast X-ray experiments at synchrotron sources hold tremendous promise for measuring the atomistic dynamics of materials under a wide variety of transient conditions. In particular, the marriage of synchrotron radiation and ultrafast laser technology is opening up a new frontier of materials research. Structural changes initiated by femtosecond laser pulses can be tracked in real time using time-resolved X-ray diffraction on picosecond time scales or shorter. Here, research at the Advanced Photon Source is described, illustrating the opportunities for ultrafast diffraction with some recent work on the generation of impulsive strain, coherent phonon generation and supersonic diffusion of electron-hole plasmas. The flexibility of time-resolved Bragg and Laue diffraction geometries are both utilized to illuminate the strain generation and evolution process. Time-resolved X-ray science will become increasingly important with the construction of linac-based ultrafast X-ray sources.
View details for DOI 10.1107/S0909049504033679
View details for Web of Science ID 000227377200008
View details for PubMedID 15728970
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Adaptive dispersion compensation for remote fiber delivery of near-infrared femtosecond pulses
OPTICS LETTERS
2004; 29 (22): 2602-2604
Abstract
We report on remote delivery of 25-pJ broadband near-infrared femtosecond light pulses from a Ti:sapphire laser through 150 m of single-mode optical fiber. Pulse distortion caused by dispersion is overcome with precompensation by adaptive pulse shaping techniques, while nonlinearities are mitigated by use of an SF10 glass rod for the final stage of pulse compression. A near-transform-limited pulse duration of 130 fs was measured after the final compression.
View details for Web of Science ID 000224815400008
View details for PubMedID 15552658
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Ultrafast x-ray physics
Indo/United States Workshop on Radiation Physics with Synchrotrons and Other New Sources
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. 2004: 605–9
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2003.12.037
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Ultrafast coherent control in x-ray scattering
227th National Meeting of the American-Chemical Society
AMER CHEMICAL SOC. 2004: U270–U270
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Ultrafast hard x-rays from electron accelerators
4th International Conference on Ultrafast Optics
SPRINGER. 2004: 333–340
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Transient strain driven by a dense electron-hole plasma
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2003; 91 (16)
Abstract
We measure transient strain in ultrafast laser-excited Ge by time-resolved x-ray anomalous transmission. The development of the coherent strain pulse is dominated by rapid ambipolar diffusion. This pulse extends considerably longer than the laser penetration depth because the plasma initially propagates faster than the acoustic modes. X-ray diffraction simulations are in agreement with the observed dynamics.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.165502
View details for Web of Science ID 000186068300026
View details for PubMedID 14611411
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Picosecond laser-pump, x-ray probe spectroscopy of GaAs
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
2002; 73 (12): 4150-4156
View details for DOI 10.1063/1.1516849
View details for Web of Science ID 000179393200004
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Picosecond X-ray diffraction studies of laser-excited acoustic phonons in InSb
APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING
2002; 75 (4): 467-478
View details for DOI 10.1007/s003390201421
View details for Web of Science ID 000176768300002
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Picosecond time-resolved x-ray diffraction probe of coherent lattice dynamics (abstract) (invited)
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
2002; 73 (3): 1361-?
View details for DOI 10.1063/1.1448147
View details for Web of Science ID 000174182800002
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Coherent control of pulsed X-ray beams
NATURE
2001; 413 (6858): 825-828
Abstract
Synchrotrons produce continuous trains of closely spaced X-ray pulses. Application of such sources to the study of atomic-scale motion requires efficient modulation of these beams on timescales ranging from nanoseconds to femtoseconds. However, ultrafast X-ray modulators are not generally available. Here we report efficient subnanosecond coherent switching of synchrotron beams by using acoustic pulses in a crystal to modulate the anomalous low-loss transmission of X-ray pulses. The acoustic excitation transfers energy between two X-ray beams in a time shorter than the synchrotron pulse width of about 100 ps. Gigahertz modulation of the diffracted X-rays is also observed. We report different geometric arrangements, such as a switch based on the collision of two counter-propagating acoustic pulses: this doubles the X-ray modulation frequency, and also provides a means of observing a localized transient strain inside an opaque material. We expect that these techniques could be scaled to produce subpicosecond pulses, through laser-generated coherent optical phonon modulation of X-ray diffraction in crystals. Such ultrafast capabilities have been demonstrated thus far only in laser-generated X-ray sources, or through the use of X-ray streak cameras.
View details for Web of Science ID 000171750200040
View details for PubMedID 11677601
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Dynamics and coherent control of high-amplitude optical phonons in bismuth
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2001; 64 (9)
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Probing impulsive strain propagation with x-ray pulses
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2001; 86 (14): 3072-3075
Abstract
Pump-probe time-resolved x-ray diffraction of allowed and nearly forbidden reflections in InSb is used to follow the propagation of a coherent acoustic pulse generated by ultrafast laser excitation. The surface and bulk components of the strain could be simultaneously measured due to the large x-ray penetration depth. Comparison of the experimental data with dynamical diffraction simulations suggests that the conventional model for impulsively generated strain underestimates the partitioning of energy into coherent modes.
View details for Web of Science ID 000167866300040
View details for PubMedID 11290110
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Femtosecond X-ray diffraction: Experiments and limits
Conference on X-Ray FEL Optics and Instrumentation
SPIE-INT SOCIETY OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2001: 26–37
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Studies of nonlinear QED in collisions of 46.6 GeV electrons with intense laser pulses
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
1999; 60 (9)
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Transverse emittance measurements from a photocathode RF gun with variable laser pulse length
20th International Free Electron Laser Conference 5th FEL User Workshop
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 1999: 341–46
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Studies of nonlinear QED in high energy electron-laser collisions
LASER PHYSICS
1998; 8 (1): 142-149
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Emittance measurements for the SLAC gun test facility
17th Particle Accelerator Conference
IEEE. 1998: 2840–2842
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Positron production in multiphoton light-by-light scattering
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
1997; 79 (9): 1626-1629
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0.5-Hz, phase-stabilized terawatt laser system with a Nd:glass slab amplifier for nonlinear QED experiments
International Workshop on Laser Physics (LPHYS 96)
INTERPERIODICA. 1997: 135–40
View details for Web of Science ID A1997WJ58300021
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SLAC RF photocathode gun test facility
Conference on Free-Electron Laser Challenges
SPIE - INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 1997: 90–96
View details for Web of Science ID A1997BH88P00011