Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9801890 | Solid State Communications | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We report direct measurement of laser-induced ultrafast structural dynamics on the atomic time and length scales in a 20-nm Al film by taking real-time snapshots of transmission electron diffraction patterns. The damped single-mode breathing motion of the Al film along the surface normal was recorded as coherent and in-phase oscillations of all the Bragg peak positions, which had a period of 6.4Â ps. The concurrent lattice heating with a time constant of 630Â fs was measured by tracking the associated Bragg peak intensity attenuation. These results suggest a direct approach to identify the mechanisms of laser-induced ultrafast solid-liquid phase transition, as well as thermal or non-thermal melting, via probing the temporal evolution of their diffraction patterns.
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Authors
H. Park, X. Wang, S. Nie, R. Clinite, J. Cao,