Nonlinear phononics as an ultrafast route to lattice control

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 854-856

  Forst M ^a   Manzoni, C ^a,e   Kaiser, S ^a   Tomioka, Y ^b   Tokura, Y ^c   Merlin, R ^d   Cavalleri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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EID: 80555123059     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2055     Document Type: Article

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