Controlling phase change through ultrafast excitation of coherent phonons

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 20498-20504

  Liebig, Carl M ^a   Wang, Yaguo ^a   Xu, Xianfan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

COHERENT CONTROL; COHERENT PHONONS; DAMAGE THRESHOLD; FEMTOSECOND PULSE; FEMTOSECONDS; LASER FLUENCES; PERMANENT DAMAGE; PHASE CHANGE; SEMI-METALS; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST EXCITATION;

PHONONS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 77957004054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020498     Document Type: Article

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