Coherent orbital waves in the photo-induced insulator-metal dynamics ofa magnetoresistive manganite

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 643-647

  Polli, D ^a   Rini, M ^b   Wall, S ^c   Schoenlein, R W ^b   Tomioka, Y ^d   Tokura, Y ^d   Cerullo, G ^a   Cavalleri, A ^c,e  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Correlated Electron Research Center ^*  (Japan)

^e DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MANGANITES; PHOTOEXCITATION; RAMAN SCATTERING;

ACOUSTIC VIBRATIONS; COHERENT ORBITAL WAVES; ELECTRON INSULATORS; OPTICAL REFLECTIVITY; PHOTO-INDUCED INSULATOR-METAL DYNAMICS;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 34548380805     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1979     Document Type: Article

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