IMPULSIVE SOFTENING OF COHERENT PHONONS IN TELLURIUM

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作者
HUNSCHE, S [1 ]
WIENECKE, K [1 ]
DEKORSY, T [1 ]
KURZ, H [1 ]
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[1] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN,INST HALBLEITERTECH 2,D-52056 AACHEN,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.1815
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We investigate thy dynamics of coherent optical phonons in tellurium after high-density excitation with femtosecond laser pulses. The data show a continuous redshift of the phonon frequency with increasing excitation density. Experiments with double-pulse excitation prove that the observed frequency shift is purely electron origin. We demonstrate that coherent phonons allow monitoring the pathway to nonthermal laser-induced melting of crystalline materials.
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