Unconventional picosecond strain pulses resulting from the saturation of magnetic stress within a photoexcited rare earth layer
Optical excitation of spin-ordered rare earth metals triggers a complex response of the crystal lattice since expansive stresses from electron and phonon excitations compete with a contractive stress induced by spin disorder. Using ultrafast x-ray diffraction experiments, we study the layer specific...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC and ACA
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Structural Dynamics |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5145315 |