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Fourier-transform inelastic X-ray scattering from time- and momentum-dependent phonon-phonon correlations

Trigo, M. ; Fuchs, M. ; Chen, J. ; Jiang, M. P. ; Cammarata, M. ; Fahy, S. ; Fritz, D. M. ; Gaffney, K. ; Ghimire, S. and Higginbotham, A. , et al. (2013) In Nature Physics 9(12). p.790-794
Abstract
The macroscopic characteristics of a material are determined by its elementary excitations, which dictate the response of the system to external stimuli. The spectrum of excitations is related to fluctuations in the density-density correlations and is typically measured through frequency-domain neutron(1) or X-ray(2-4) scattering. Time-domain measurements of these correlations could yield a more direct way to investigate the excitations of solids and their couplings both near to and far from equilibrium. Here we show that we can access large portions of the phonon dispersion of germanium by measuring the diffuse scattering from femtosecond X-ray free-electron laser pulses. A femtosecond optical laser pulse slightly quenches the vibrational... (More)
The macroscopic characteristics of a material are determined by its elementary excitations, which dictate the response of the system to external stimuli. The spectrum of excitations is related to fluctuations in the density-density correlations and is typically measured through frequency-domain neutron(1) or X-ray(2-4) scattering. Time-domain measurements of these correlations could yield a more direct way to investigate the excitations of solids and their couplings both near to and far from equilibrium. Here we show that we can access large portions of the phonon dispersion of germanium by measuring the diffuse scattering from femtosecond X-ray free-electron laser pulses. A femtosecond optical laser pulse slightly quenches the vibrational frequencies, producing pairs of high-wavevector phonons with opposite momenta. These phonons manifest themselves as time-dependent coherences in the displacement correlations(5) probed by the X-ray scattering. As the coherences are preferentially created in regions of strong electron-phonon coupling, the time-resolved approach is a natural spectroscopic tool for probing low-energy collective excitations in solids, and their microscopic interactions. (Less)
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10.1038/NPHYS2788
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  abstract     = {{The macroscopic characteristics of a material are determined by its elementary excitations, which dictate the response of the system to external stimuli. The spectrum of excitations is related to fluctuations in the density-density correlations and is typically measured through frequency-domain neutron(1) or X-ray(2-4) scattering. Time-domain measurements of these correlations could yield a more direct way to investigate the excitations of solids and their couplings both near to and far from equilibrium. Here we show that we can access large portions of the phonon dispersion of germanium by measuring the diffuse scattering from femtosecond X-ray free-electron laser pulses. A femtosecond optical laser pulse slightly quenches the vibrational frequencies, producing pairs of high-wavevector phonons with opposite momenta. These phonons manifest themselves as time-dependent coherences in the displacement correlations(5) probed by the X-ray scattering. As the coherences are preferentially created in regions of strong electron-phonon coupling, the time-resolved approach is a natural spectroscopic tool for probing low-energy collective excitations in solids, and their microscopic interactions.}},
  author       = {{Trigo, M. and Fuchs, M. and Chen, J. and Jiang, M. P. and Cammarata, M. and Fahy, S. and Fritz, D. M. and Gaffney, K. and Ghimire, S. and Higginbotham, A. and Johnson, S. L. and Kozina, M. E. and Larsson, Jörgen and Lemke, H. and Lindenberg, A. M. and Ndabashimiye, G. and Quirin, F. and Sokolowski-Tinten, K. and Uher, C. and Wang, G. and Wark, J. S. and Zhu, D. and Reis, D. A.}},
  issn         = {{1745-2473}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{12}},
  pages        = {{790--794}},
  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Nature Physics}},
  title        = {{Fourier-transform inelastic X-ray scattering from time- and momentum-dependent phonon-phonon correlations}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NPHYS2788}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/NPHYS2788}},
  volume       = {{9}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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