@article{BojahrGohlkeLeitenbergeretal.2015,
  author    = {Bojahr, Andre and Gohlke, Matthias and Leitenberger, Wolfram and Pudell, Jan-Etienne and Reinhardt, Matthias and von Reppert, Alexander and R{\"o}ssle, Matthias and Sander, Mathias and Gaal, Peter and Bargheer, Matias},
  title     = {Second Harmonic Generation of Nanoscale Phonon Wave Packets},
  series = {Physical review letters},
  volume    = {115},
  journal   = {Physical review letters},
  number    = {19},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  address   = {College Park},
  issn      = {0031-9007},
  doi       = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.195502},
  pages     = {5},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Phonons are often regarded as delocalized quasiparticles with certain energy and momentum. The anharmonic interaction of phonons determines macroscopic properties of the solid, such as thermal expansion or thermal conductivity, and a detailed understanding becomes increasingly important for functional nanostructures. Although phonon-phonon scattering processes depicted in simple wave-vector diagrams are the basis of theories describing these macroscopic phenomena, experiments directly accessing these coupling channels are scarce. We synthesize monochromatic acoustic phonon wave packets with only a few cycles to introduce nonlinear phononics as the acoustic counterpart to nonlinear optics. Control of the wave vector, bandwidth, and consequently spatial extent of the phonon wave packets allows us to observe nonlinear phonon interaction, in particular, second harmonic generation, in real time by wave-vector-sensitive Brillouin scattering with x-rays and optical photons.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ReinhardtKocLeitenbergeretal.2016,
  author    = {Reinhardt, Matthias and Koc, Azize and Leitenberger, Wolfram and Gaal, Peter and Bargheer, Matias},
  title     = {Optimized spatial overlap in optical pump-X-ray probe experiments with high repetition rate using laser-induced surface distortions},
  series = {Journal of synchrotron radiation},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {Journal of synchrotron radiation},
  publisher = {International Union of Crystallography},
  address   = {Chester},
  issn      = {1600-5775},
  doi       = {10.1107/S1600577515024443},
  pages     = {474 -- 479},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Ultrafast X-ray diffraction experiments require careful adjustment of the spatial overlap between the optical excitation and the X-ray probe pulse. This is especially challenging at high laser repetition rates. Sample distortions caused by the large heat load on the sample and the relatively low optical energy per pulse lead to only tiny signal changes. In consequence, this results in small footprints of the optical excitation on the sample, which turns the adjustment of the overlap difficult. Here a method for reliable overlap adjustment based on reciprocal space mapping of a laser excited thin film is presented.},
  language  = {en}
}