ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
The short pulses of hard x rays from synchrotron and laser based sources are sensitive probes of lattice dynamics on an ultrafast time scale. Using pump–probe time-resolved x-ray diffraction, we are able to follow the propagation of a picosecond coherent acoustic pulse in an ultrafast laser-strained single crystal. Comparison of the data with dynamical diffraction simulations allows for the quantitative determination of both the surface and bulk components of the associated strain. This technique is scalable to femtosecond and shorter time scales as x-ray pulses become shorter in duration, such as in fourth generation light sources. In addition, the diffraction of x rays off of coherent optical phonons may lead to the production of a femtosecond x-ray switch. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1448147
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