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Picosecond x-ray strain rosette reveals direct laser excitation of coherent transverse acoustic phonons.

ABSTRACT: Using a strain-rosette, we demonstrate the existence of transverse strain using time-resolved x-ray diffraction from multiple Bragg reflections in laser-excited bulk gallium arsenide. We find that anisotropic strain is responsible for a considerable fraction of the total lattice motion at early times before thermal equilibrium is achieved. Our measurements are described by a new model where the Poisson ratio drives transverse motion, resulting in the creation of shear waves without the need for an indirect process such as mode conversion at an interface. Using the same excitation geometry with the narrow-gap semiconductor indium antimonide, we detected coherent transverse acoustic oscillations at frequencies of several GHz.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC4707471 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

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Picosecond x-ray strain rosette reveals direct laser excitation of coherent transverse acoustic phonons.

Lee Sooheyong S Williams G Jackson GJ Campana Maria I MI Walko Donald A DA Landahl Eric C EC

Scientific reports 20160111

Using a strain-rosette, we demonstrate the existence of transverse strain using time-resolved x-ray diffraction from multiple Bragg reflections in laser-excited bulk gallium arsenide. We find that anisotropic strain is responsible for a considerable fraction of the total lattice motion at early times before thermal equilibrium is achieved. Our measurements are described by a new model where the Poisson ratio drives transverse motion, resulting in the creation of shear waves without the need for ...[more]

PMID: 26751616

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