TY - CHAP A1 - Shymanovich, Uladzimir A1 - Nicoul, Matthieu A1 - Lu, Wei A1 - Tarasevitch, A. A1 - Kammler, Martin A1 - Horn-von Hoegen, Michael A1 - von der Linde, D. A1 - Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus A1 - Phipps, Claude T1 - Coherent acoustic and optical phonons in laser-excited solids studied by ultrafast time-resolved X-ray diffraction T2 - AIP Conference Proceedings N2 - 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. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3507146 IS - 1 SP - 558 EP - 566 PB - AIP ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lu, Wei A1 - Nicoul, Matthieu A1 - Shymanovich, Uladzimir A1 - Tarasevitch, A. A1 - Kammler, Martin A1 - Horn-von Hoegen, Michael A1 - von der Linde, D. A1 - Sokolowski-Tinten, Klaus T1 - Transient reversal of a Peierls-transition: Extreme phonon softening in laser-excited Bismuth T2 - International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, Snowmass N2 - 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. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/UP.2010.ME41 IS - ME41 PB - Optica Publishing Group ER -