Ultrafast laser-induced melting and ablation studied by time-resolved diffuse X-ray scattering

M. Nicoul; F. Quirin; A.M. Lindenberg; A. Barty; D.M. Fritz; D. Zhu; H. Lemke; M. Chollet; D.A. Reis; J. Chen; S. Ghimire; M. Trigo; M. Fuchs; K.J. Gaffney; J. Larsson; T. Becker; S. Meyer; T. Payer; F. Meyer zu Heringdorf; M. Horn von Hoegen; M. Jerman; K. Sokolowski-Tinten

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20134104013

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EPJ Web of Conferences 41, 04013 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134104013

Ultrafast laser-induced melting and ablation studied by time-resolved diffuse X-ray scattering

M. Nicoul¹, F. Quirin¹, A.M. Lindenberg², A. Barty³, D.M. Fritz⁴, D. Zhu⁴, H. Lemke⁴, M. Chollet⁴, D.A. Reis², J. Chen², S. Ghimire², M. Trigo², M. Fuchs², K.J. Gaffney², J. Larsson⁵, T. Becker¹, S. Meyer¹, T. Payer¹, F. Meyer zu Heringdorf¹, M. Horn von Hoegen¹, M. Jerman¹ and K. Sokolowski-Tinten¹

¹ Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1, 47048 Duisburg, Germany
² Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., CA 94025 Menlo Park, USA
³ Centre for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL) Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
⁴ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., CA 94025 Menlo Park, USA
⁵ Department of Physics, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden

Abstract

Time-resolved diffuse X-ray scattering with 50 fs, 9.5 keV X-ray pulses from the Linear Coherent Light Source was used to study the structural dynamics in materials undergoing rapid melting and ablation after fs laser excitation.

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