@article{HerzogLeitenbergerShayduketal.2010,
  author    = {Herzog, Marc and Leitenberger, Wolfram and Shayduk, Roman and van der Veen, Renske Marjan and Milne, Chris J. and Johnson, Steven Lee and Vrejoiu, Ionela and Alexe, Marin and Hesse, Dietrich and Bargheer, Matias},
  title     = {Ultrafast manipulation of hard x-rays by efficient Bragg switches},
  issn      = {0003-6951},
  doi       = {10.1063/1.3402773},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {We experimentally demonstrate efficient switching of the hard x-ray Bragg reflectivity of a SrRuO3 /SrTiO3 superlattice by optical excitation of large-amplitude coherent acoustic superlattice phonons. The rocking curve changes drastically on a 1 ps timescale. The (0 0 116) reflection is almost extinguished (Delta R/R-0=-0.91), while the (0 0 118) reflection increases by more than an order of magnitude (Delta R/R-0=24.1). The change of the x-ray structure factor depends nonlinearly on the phonon amplitude, allowing manipulation of the x-ray response on a timescale considerably shorter than the phonon period. Numerical simulations for a superlattice with slightly changed geometry and realistic parameters predict a switching-contrast ratio Delta R/R-0 of 700 with high reflectivity.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HerzogSchickLeitenbergeretal.2012,
  author    = {Herzog, Marc and Schick, Daniel and Leitenberger, Wolfram and Shayduk, Roman and van der Veen, Renske M. and Milne, Christopher J. and Johnson, Steven Lee and Vrejoiu, Ionela and Bargheer, Matias},
  title     = {Tailoring interference and nonlinear manipulation of femtosecond x-rays},
  series = {New journal of physics : the open-access journal for physics},
  volume    = {14},
  journal   = {New journal of physics : the open-access journal for physics},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {1367-2630},
  doi       = {10.1088/1367-2630/14/1/013004},
  pages     = {9},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {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.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BojahrSchickMaertenetal.2012,
  author    = {Bojahr, Andre and Schick, Daniel and M{\"a}rten, Lena and Herzog, Marc and Vrejoiu, Ionela and von Korff Schmising, Clemens and Milne, Chris and Johnson, Steven Lee and Bargheer, Matias},
  title     = {Comparing the oscillation phase in optical pump-probe spectra to ultrafast x-ray diffraction in the metal-dielectric SrRuO3/SrTiO3 superlattice},
  series = {Physical review : B, Condensed matter and materials physics},
  volume    = {85},
  journal   = {Physical review : B, Condensed matter and materials physics},
  number    = {22},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  address   = {College Park},
  issn      = {1098-0121},
  doi       = {10.1103/PhysRevB.85.224302},
  pages     = {6},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {We measured the ultrafast optical response of metal-dielectric superlattices by broadband all-optical pump-probe spectroscopy. The observed phase of the superlattice mode depends on the probe wavelength, making assignments of the excitation mechanism difficult. Ultrafast x-ray diffraction data reveal the true oscillation phase of the lattice which changes as a function of the excitation fluence. This result is confirmed by the fluence dependence of optical transients. We set up a linear chain model of the lattice dynamics and successfully simulated the broadband optical reflection by unit-cell resolved calculation of the strain-dependent dielectric functions of the constituting materials.},
  language  = {en}
}