@article{SokolowskiTintenBlomeDietrichetal., author = {Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and Blome, Christian and Dietrich, Clemens and Tarasevitch, A. and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and von der Linde, D. and Cavalleri, Andrea and Squier, Jeff A. and Kammler, Martin}, title = {Femtosecond x-ray measurement of ultrafast melting and large acoustic transients}, series = {Physical review letters}, volume = {87}, journal = {Physical review letters}, publisher = {APS}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.225701}, abstract = {Time-resolved x-ray diffraction with ultrashort ( approximately 300 fs), multi-keV x-ray pulses has been used to study the femtosecond laser-induced solid-to-liquid phase transition in a thin crystalline layer of germanium. Nonthermal melting is observed to take place within 300-500 fs. Following ultrafast melting we observe strong acoustic perturbations evolving on a picosecond time scale.}, language = {en} } @article{SokolowskiTintenBlomeDietrichetal., author = {Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and Blome, Christian and Dietrich, Clemens and Tarasevitch, A. and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and von der Linde, D. and Cavalleri, Andrea and Squier, Jeff A. and Kammler, Martin}, title = {Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction study of ultrafast structural dynamics in laser-excited solids}, series = {International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, 12 May 2002, Vancouver Canada}, volume = {71}, journal = {International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, 12 May 2002, Vancouver Canada}, publisher = {Optica Publishing Grou}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-59319-2_10}, pages = {36 -- 38}, abstract = {Time-resolved x-ray diffraction with sub-300 fs, multi-keV x-ray pulses was used to study ultrafast lattice dynamics in laser-irradiated germanium and bismuth. In bismuth strong excitation of optical phonons is observed prior to disordering of the material.}, language = {en} } @article{CavalleriSidersBrownetal., author = {Cavalleri, Andrea and Siders, C. W. and Brown, F. L. H. and Leitner, D. M. and T{\´o}th, Csaba and Squier, Jeff A. and Barty, C. P. J. and Wilson, K. R. and Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and von der Linde, D. and Kammler, Martin}, title = {Anharmonic lattice dynamics in germanium measured with ultrafast x-ray diffraction}, series = {Physical review letters}, volume = {85}, journal = {Physical review letters}, number = {3}, publisher = {APS}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.586}, pages = {586 -- 589}, abstract = {Damping of impulsively generated coherent acoustic oscillations in a femtosecond laser-heated thin germanium film is measured as a function of fluence by means of ultrafast x-ray diffraction. By simultaneously measuring picosecond strain dynamics in the film and in the unexcited silicon substrate, we separate anharmonic damping from acoustic transmission through the buried interface. The measured damping rate and its dependence on the calculated temperature of the thermal bath is consistent with estimated four-body, elastic dephasing times (T2) for 7-GHz longitudinal acoustic phonons in germanium.}, language = {en} } @article{SokolowskiTintenHornvonHoegenvonderLindeetal., author = {Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and von der Linde, D. and Cavalleri, Andrea and Siders, C. W. and Brown, F. L. H. and T{\´o}th, Csaba and Squier, Jeff A. and Barty, C. P. J. and Wilson, K. R. and Kammler, Martin}, title = {Time-resolved x-ray diffraction study of ultrafast acoustic phonon dynamics in Ge/Si-heterostructures}, series = {International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena , 9 July 2000, Charleston}, journal = {International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena , 9 July 2000, Charleston}, publisher = {Optica}, abstract = {Using time-resolved x-ray diffraction the ultafast strain dynamics in fs-laserexcited Ge/Si-heterostructures has been studied. A fluence dependent, anharmonic damping of the impulsively generated acoustic phonons and vibrational transport across the buried Ge/Si-interface are observed.}, language = {en} } @article{SidersCavalleriSokolowskiTintenetal., author = {Siders, C. W. and Cavalleri, Andrea and Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and T{\´o}th, Csaba and Guo, T. and Kammler, Martin and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and Wilson, K. R. and von der Linde, D. and Barty, C. P. J.}, title = {Detection of nonthermal melting by ultrafast X-ray diffraction}, series = {Science}, volume = {286}, journal = {Science}, number = {5443}, doi = {10.1126/science.286.5443.1340}, pages = {1340 -- 1342}, abstract = {Using ultrafast, time-resolved, 1.54 angstrom x-ray diffraction, thermal and ultrafast nonthermal melting of germanium, involving passage through nonequilibrium extreme states of matter, was observed. Such ultrafast, optical-pump, x-ray diffraction probe measurements provide a way to study many other transient processes in physics, chemistry, and biology, including direct observation of the atomic motion by which many solid-state processes and chemical and biochemical reactions take place.}, language = {en} } @article{SidersCavalleriSokolowskiTintenetal., author = {Siders, C. W. and Cavalleri, Andrea and Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and T{\´o}th, Csaba and Guo, T. and Kammler, Martin and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and Wilson, K. R. and von der Linde, D. and Barty, C. P. J.}, title = {Direct Observation of Ultrafast Non-thermal Melting by Ultrafast X-ray Diffraction}, series = {Ultrafast Phenomena XII}, volume = {66}, journal = {Ultrafast Phenomena XII}, publisher = {Springer}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-56546-5_80}, pages = {276 -- 280}, abstract = {Ultrafast nonthermal melting of femtosecond laser-irradiated germanium was observed directly for the first time using sub-picosecond, 1.54-angstrom x-ray diffraction. Such measurements allow the study of transient atomic motion fundamental to many processes in physics, chemistry, and biology.}, language = {en} } @incollection{SokolowskiTintenvonderLindeSidersetal., author = {Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and von der Linde, D. and Siders, C. W. and Cavalleri, Andrea and T{\´o}th, Csaba and Guo, T. and Wilson, K. R. and Barty, C. P. J. and Kammler, Martin and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael}, title = {Lattice dynamics of femtosecond laser-excited semiconductors probed by ultrafast x-ray diffraction}, series = {Applications of High Field and Short Wavelength Sources VIII}, booktitle = {Applications of High Field and Short Wavelength Sources VIII}, publisher = {Optica}, doi = {10.1364/HFSW.1999.PD3}, abstract = {The present knowledge of the atomic structure of matter is to a large extent due to x-ray spectroscopies.}, language = {en} } @article{StreubuehrKalusZhouetal., author = {Streub{\"u}hr, C. and Kalus, Annika and Zhou, Ping and Ligges, Manuel and Hanisch-Blicharski, Anja and Kammler, Martin and Bovensiepen, U. and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and von der Linde, D.}, title = {Comparing ultrafast surface and bulk heating using time-resolved electron diffraction}, series = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {104}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, doi = {10.1063/1.4872055}, pages = {1 -- 3}, abstract = {From measurements of the transient Debye-Waller effect in Bismuth, we determine the buildup time of the random atomic motion resulting from the electronic relaxation after short pulse laser excitation. The surface sensitive reflection high energy electron diffraction and transmission electron diffraction yield a time constant of about 12 ps and 3 ps, respectively. The different energy transfer rates indicate relatively weak coupling between bulk and surface vibrational modes. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{ShymanovichNicoulLuetal., author = {Shymanovich, Uladzimir and Nicoul, Matthieu and Lu, Wei and Tarasevitch, A. and Kammler, Martin and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and von der Linde, D. and Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and Phipps, Claude}, title = {Coherent acoustic and optical phonons in laser-excited solids studied by ultrafast time-resolved X-ray diffraction}, series = {AIP Conference Proceedings}, booktitle = {AIP Conference Proceedings}, number = {1}, publisher = {AIP}, doi = {10.1063/1.3507146}, pages = {558 -- 566}, abstract = {We apply ultrafast time-resolved X-ray diffraction to directly study coherent acoustic and optical phonons in laser-excited materials. In Au the ps acoustic response has been investigated with the particular goal to clarify the interplay of electronic and thermal pressure contributions. In Bi the extreme softening of the coherently excited A 1 g optical phonon presents strong indication that upon intense laser-excitation the Peierls-transition which determines the equilibrium structure of Bi can be reversed. In FeRh we studied the lattice response after a fast laser-induced anti-ferromagnetic to ferromagnetic phase transition.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{ZhouStreubuehrKalusetal., author = {Zhou, Ping and Streub{\"u}hr, C. and Kalus, Annika and Frigge, Tim and Wall, S. and Hanisch-Blicharski, Anja and Kammler, Martin and Ligges, Manuel and Bovensiepen, U. and von der Linde, D. and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael}, title = {Ultrafast time resolved reflection high energy electron diffraction with tilted pump pulse fronts}, series = {EPJ Web of Conferences - XVIIIth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena}, volume = {41}, booktitle = {EPJ Web of Conferences - XVIIIth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena}, publisher = {EPJ}, doi = {10.1051/epjconf/20134110016}, abstract = {We present time-resolved RHEED from a laser excited Pb(111) surface using a pulse front tilter for the compensation of the velocity mismatch of electrons and light. The laser pulses with tilted fronts were characterized by a spatially resolving cross correlator. The response of the surface upon excitation was observed to be less than 2 ps.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{LuNicoulShymanovichetal., author = {Lu, Wei and Nicoul, Matthieu and Shymanovich, Uladzimir and Tarasevitch, A. and Kammler, Martin and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and von der Linde, D. and Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus}, title = {Transient reversal of a Peierls-transition: Extreme phonon softening in laser-excited Bismuth}, series = {International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, Snowmass}, booktitle = {International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, Snowmass}, number = {ME41}, publisher = {Optica Publishing Group}, doi = {10.1364/UP.2010.ME41}, abstract = {Laser-excited coherent optical phonons in Bismuth were investigated using time-resolved X-ray diffraction. The observed extreme softening of the excited A1g-mode presents strong indication that the Peierls-distortion defining the equilibrium structure of Bismuth is transiently reversed.}, language = {en} } @article{SokolowskiTintenBlomeBlumsetal., author = {Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and Blome, Christian and Blums, Juris and Shymanovich, Uladzimir and Nicoul, Matthieu and Cavalleri, Andrea and Tarasevitch, A. and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and Kammler, Martin and von der Linde, D.}, title = {Ultrafast X-ray diffraction}, series = {Ultrafast Phenomena XIV}, volume = {79}, journal = {Ultrafast Phenomena XIV}, publisher = {Springer}, doi = {10.1007/3-540-27213-5_53}, pages = {170 -- 174}, abstract = {In the last few years the generation of femtosecond pulses in the X-ray regime has become possible. These ultrashort X-ray pulses have enabled femtosecond time- resolution to be extended to X-rays.}, language = {en} } @article{FritzReisAdamsetal., author = {Fritz, D. M. and Reis, D. A. and Adams, B. and Akre, R. A. and Arthur, J. and Blome, Christian and Bucksbaum, P. H. and Cavalieri, A. L. and Engemann, S. and Fahy, S. and Falcone, R. W. and Fuoss, P. H. and Gaffney, K. J. and George, M. J. and Hajdu, J. and Hertlein, M. P. and Hillyard, P. B. and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and Kammler, Martin and Kaspar, J. and Kienberger, R. and Krejcik, P. and Lee, S. H. and Lindenberg, A. M. and McFarland, B. and Meyer, D. and Montagne, T. and Murray, E. D. and Nelson, A. J. and Nicoul, Matthieu and Pahl, R. and Rudati, J. and Schlarb, H. and Siddons, D. P. and Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and Tschentscher, Th and von der Linde, D. and Hastings, J. B.}, title = {Ultrafast bond softening in bismuth: mapping a solid's interatomic potential with X-rays}, series = {Science}, volume = {315}, journal = {Science}, number = {5812}, publisher = {AAAS}, doi = {10.1126/science.1135009}, pages = {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.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SokolowskiTintenBlomeBlumsetal., author = {Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus and Blome, Christian and Blums, Juris and Shymanovich, Uladzimir and Nicoul, Matthieu and Cavalleri, Andrea and Tarasevitch, A. and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael and Kammler, Martin and von der Linde, Dietrich}, title = {Ultrafast X-ray diffraction}, series = {Ultrafast Phenomena XIV}, volume = {79}, booktitle = {Ultrafast Phenomena XIV}, editor = {Kobayashi, Tetsuro}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin, Heidelberg}, isbn = {978-3-540-27213-7}, doi = {10.1007/3-540-27213-5_53}, pages = {170 -- 174}, abstract = {In the last few years the generation of femtosecond pulses in the X-ray regime has become possible. These ultrashort X-ray pulses have enabled femtosecond time- resolution to be extended to X-rays.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{TringidesConradMenzeletal.2002, author = {Tringides, Michael C. and Conrad, E. H. and Menzel, Andreas and Voss, Neil R. and Kammler, Martin and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael}, title = {Dynamics of atomic steps on Si(001) studied by temporal LEED spectroscopy [Poster]}, year = {2002}, abstract = {While surface kinetics measurements for single atom diffusion have proliferated, little work exists attempting to measure surface dynamics under equilibrium conditions. We will present our recent work on developing Temporal LEED Spectroscopy (TLS) as a dynamic probe of surfaces capable of kinetics measurements at both high temperatures and surface coverages. By tuning the diffraction to specific structural entities such as steps, islands, etc., and monitoring the diffracted signal as a function of time, dynamics information about these structures can be obtained. As an example we will present TLS results for the dynamics of step fluctuations on Si(001) [1]. We have measured activation energies and identified step-edge diffusion as the rate limiting process for 950K < T < 1130K. Although this result is in apparent disagreement with earlier work, a careful analysis, considering crossover temperatures between different microscopic processes, can reconcile the differences. 1. M. Kammler, et al., Phys. Rev. B (in press).}, language = {en} } @article{KammlerHornvonHoegen, author = {Kammler, Martin and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael}, title = {Transition in growth mode by competing strain relaxation mechanisms}, series = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {85}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, number = {15}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, doi = {10.1063/1.1803914}, pages = {3056 -- 3058}, abstract = {Surfactant mediated epitaxy of Si(1-x)Gex alloys on Si(111) can, besides technological importance, clarify the influence of the lattice mismatch during surfactant mediated heteroepitaxial growth. For low Ge concentration we find an immediate layer-by-layer growth, whereas at high Ge concentration a roughening transition followed by relaxation of the lattice mismatch in a periodic dislocation network is preferred. This behavior can be explained by comparing the dislocation nucleation rate on a smooth surface with the island nucleation rate on a pseudomorphic film.}, language = {en} } @article{WallKrenzerWippermannetal., author = {Wall, Simone and Krenzer, Boris and Wippermann, Stefan and Sanna, Simone and Klasing, Friedrich and Hanisch-Blicharski, Anja and Kammler, Martin and Schmidt, Wolf Gero and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael}, title = {Atomistic picture of charge density wave formation at surfaces}, series = {Physical review letters}, volume = {109}, journal = {Physical review letters}, number = {18}, publisher = {APS}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.186101}, abstract = {We used ultrafast electron diffraction and density-functional theory calculations to gain insight into the charge density wave (CDW) formation on In/Si(111). Weak excitation by a femtosecond-laser pulse results in the melting of the CDW. The immediate freezing is hindered by a barrier for the motion of atoms during the phase transition: The melted CDW constitutes a long-lived, supercooled phase and is strong evidence for a first-order transition. The freezing into the CDW is triggered by preexisting adsorbates. Starting at these condensation nuclei, the CDW expands one dimensionally on the In/Si(111) surface, with a constant velocity of more than 80 m/s.}, language = {en} } @article{FriggeKalusKlasingetal., author = {Frigge, Tim and Kalus, Annika and Klasing, Friedrich and Kammler, Martin and Hanisch-Blicharski, Anja and Horn-von Hoegen, Michael}, title = {Nanoscale Heat Transport in Self-Organized Ge Clusters on Si(001)}, series = {MRS Online Proceedings Library}, journal = {MRS Online Proceedings Library}, publisher = {Springer}, doi = {10.1557/opl.2013.148}, pages = {45 -- 50}, abstract = {Ultrafast time resolved transmission electron diffraction (TED) in a reflection geometry was used to study the cooling behavior of self-organized, well defined nanoscale germanium hut and dome clusters on Si(001). The clusters were heated in a pump-probe scheme by fs-laser pulses. The resulting transient temperature rise was then determined from the drop in diffraction intensity caused by the Debye-Waller effect. From a cooling time of τ=177 ps we estimated a strongly reduced heat transfer compared with homogeneous films of equivalent thickness.}, language = {en} }