Ultrafast transient generation of spin-density-wave order in the normal state of BaFe2 As2 driven by coherent lattice vibrations

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 497-501

  Kim, K W ^a,b,c   Pashkin, A ^a   Schafer H ^a   Beyer, M ^a   Porer, M ^a,d   Wolf, T ^e   Bernhard, C ^b   Demsar, J ^a,f   Huber, R ^a,d   Leitenstorfer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOSSAL MAGNETORESISTANCE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DENSITY (OPTICAL); ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; EXCITED STATES; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; GROUND STATE; LASER PULSES; MELTING; SPIN DENSITY WAVES; TEMPERATURE; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSE; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM PHENOMENA; SPIN-DENSITY-WAVE ORDER; VIBRATIONAL DISPLACEMENT;

LATTICE VIBRATIONS;

EID: 84862756616     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3294     Document Type: Article

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