Ultrafast x-ray measurement of laser heating in semiconductors:: Parameters determining the melting threshold -: art. no. 193306

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Cavalleri, A
Siders, CW
Rose-Petruck, C
Jimenez, R
Tóth, C
Squier, JA
Barty, CPJ
Wilson, KR
Sokolowski-Tinten, K
von Hoegen, MH
von der Linde, D
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[1] Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[2] Univ Essen Gesamthsch, Inst Laser & Plasmaphys, D-45117 Essen, Germany
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10.1103/PhysRevB.63.193306
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The pulse-width dependence of thermal melting and ablation thresholds in germanium and gallium arsenide is correlated to direct, ultrafast x-ray measurements of laser-heated depths. The heating dynamics, determined by the interplay of nonlinear optical absorption, delayed Auger heating, and high-density carrier diffusion, explain the scaling laws of thermal melting thresholds in different semiconductors.
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