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Picosecond x-ray studies of coherent folded acoustic phonons in a periodic semiconductor heterostructure

Sondhauss, Peter LU ; Larsson, Jörgen LU orcid ; Harbst, Michael LU ; Naylor, Graham ; Plech, Anton ; Scheidt, Kees-Bertus ; Synnergren, Ola LU ; Wulff, Michael and Wark, Justin (2006) Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials X 6118. p.1180-1180
Abstract
Zone folded coherent acoustic phonons were generated in a multilayered GaSb/InAs epitaxial heterostructure via rapid heating by femtosecond laser pulses. These phonons were probed by means of ultrafast x-ray diffraction. Phonons both from the fundamental acoustic branch and the first back-folded branch were detected. This represents the first clear evidence for phonon branch folding based directly on the atomic motion to which x-ray diffraction is sensitive. From a comparison of the measured phonon-modulated x-ray reflectivity with simulations, evidence was found for a reduction of the laser penetration depth. This reduction can be explained by the self-modulation of the absorption index due to photogenerated free carriers.
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Zone-folded phonons, Time resolved X-ray diffraction, Coherent phonons
host publication
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
volume
6118
pages
1180 - 1180
publisher
International Society for Optical Engineering
conference name
Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials X
conference location
San Jose, CA, United States
conference dates
2006-01-23 - 2006-01-25
external identifiers
  • wos:000237251300029
  • scopus:33646704979
ISSN
1996-756X
0277-786X
DOI
10.1117/12.641144
language
English
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  abstract     = {{Zone folded coherent acoustic phonons were generated in a multilayered GaSb/InAs epitaxial heterostructure via rapid heating by femtosecond laser pulses. These phonons were probed by means of ultrafast x-ray diffraction. Phonons both from the fundamental acoustic branch and the first back-folded branch were detected. This represents the first clear evidence for phonon branch folding based directly on the atomic motion to which x-ray diffraction is sensitive. From a comparison of the measured phonon-modulated x-ray reflectivity with simulations, evidence was found for a reduction of the laser penetration depth. This reduction can be explained by the self-modulation of the absorption index due to photogenerated free carriers.}},
  author       = {{Sondhauss, Peter and Larsson, Jörgen and Harbst, Michael and Naylor, Graham and Plech, Anton and Scheidt, Kees-Bertus and Synnergren, Ola and Wulff, Michael and Wark, Justin}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering}},
  issn         = {{1996-756X}},
  keywords     = {{Zone-folded phonons; Time resolved X-ray diffraction; Coherent phonons}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1180--1180}},
  publisher    = {{International Society for Optical Engineering}},
  title        = {{Picosecond x-ray studies of coherent folded acoustic phonons in a periodic semiconductor heterostructure}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.641144}},
  doi          = {{10.1117/12.641144}},
  volume       = {{6118}},
  year         = {{2006}},
}