TY - JOUR A1 - Herzog, Marc A1 - Schick, Daniel A1 - Leitenberger, Wolfram A1 - Shayduk, Roman A1 - van der Veen, Renske M. A1 - Milne, Christopher J. A1 - Johnson, Steven Lee A1 - Vrejoiu, Ionela A1 - Bargheer, Matias T1 - Tailoring interference and nonlinear manipulation of femtosecond x-rays T2 - New journal of physics : the open-access journal for physics N2 - We present ultrafast x-ray diffraction (UXRD) experiments on different photoexcited oxide superlattices. All data are successfully simulated by dynamical x-ray diffraction calculations based on a microscopic model, that accounts for the linear response of phonons to the excitation laser pulse. Some Bragg reflections display a highly nonlinear strain dependence. The origin of linear and two distinct nonlinear response phenomena is discussed in a conceptually simpler model using the interference of envelope functions that describe the diffraction efficiency of the average constituent nanolayers. The combination of both models facilitates rapid and accurate simulations of UXRD experiments. Y1 - 2012 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36206 SN - 1367-2630 VL - 14 IS - 1 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER -