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Femtosecond x-ray diffraction provides direct insight into the ultrafast reversible lattice dynamics of materials with a perovskite structure. Superlattice (SL) structures consisting of a sequence of nanometer-thick layer pairs allow for optically inducing a tailored stress profile that drives the lattice motions and for limiting the influence of strain propagation on the observed dynamics. We demonstrate this concept in a series of diffraction experiments with femtosecond time resolution, giving detailed information on the ultrafast lattice dynamics of ferroelectric and ferromagnetic superlattices. Anharmonically coupled lattice motions in a SrRuO3/PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 (SRO/ PZT) SL lead to a switch-off of the electric polarizations on a time scale of the order of 1 ps. Ultrafast magnetostriction of photoexcited SRO layers is demonstrated in a SRO/SrTiO3 (STO) SL.
In der Nanotechnologie und der molekularen Biologie werden immer kleinere Strukturelemente, wie beispielsweise einzelne Atomlagen oder Molekülgruppen, manipuliert, um bestimmte Funktionen zu erzielen. Veränderungen in solchen Systemen laufen auf atomarer Längen- und Zeitskala ab. Für das physikalische Verständnis dieser ultraschnellen Prozesse ist ein anschauliches Bild wichtig. Dank ihrer hohen Struktur- und Zeitauflösung liefert die Femtosekunden-Röntgenbeugung Bildsequenzen atomarer Bewegung von Molekülen und Festkörpern und ermöglicht somit Rückschlüsse über die komplexe Wechselwirkung zwischen Elektronen- und Kernbewegungen. Die aktuellen und zukünftigen Möglichkeiten, Atomen bei ihren Bewegungen zuzusehen, diskutiert der Referent an aktuellen Beispielen.
We present a temperature and fluence dependent Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction study of a laser-heated antiferromagnetic dysprosium thin film. The loss of antiferromagnetic order is evidenced by a pronounced lattice contraction. We devise a method to determine the energy flow between the phonon and spin system from calibrated Bragg peak positions in thermal equilibrium. Reestablishing the magnetic order is much slower than the cooling of the lattice, especially around the Néel temperature. Despite the pronounced magnetostriction, the transfer of energy from the spin system to the phonons in Dy is slow after the spin-order is lost.