[HTML][HTML] Concepts and use cases for picosecond ultrasonics with x-rays

M Mattern, A von Reppert, SP Zeuschner, M Herzog… - Photoacoustics, 2023 - Elsevier
This review discusses picosecond ultrasonics experiments using ultrashort hard x-ray probe
pulses to extract the transient strain response of laser-excited nanoscopic structures from …

Ultrafast demagnetization in ferromagnetic materials: Origins and progress

X Chen, R Adam, DE Bürgler, F Wang, Z Lu, L Pan… - Physics Reports, 2025 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of ultrafast demagnetization in Ni thin films in 1996, laser-induced
ultrafast spin dynamics have become a prominent research topic in the field of magnetism …

Spin stress contribution to the lattice dynamics of FePt

A von Reppert, L Willig, JE Pudell, SP Zeuschner… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Invar-behavior occurring in many magnetic materials has long been of interest to materials
science. Here, we show not only invar behavior of a continuous film of FePt but also even …

Temporal Separation between Lattice Dynamics and Electronic Spin‐State Switching in Spin‐Crossover Thin Films Evidenced by Time‐Resolved X‐Ray Diffraction

K Ridier, R Bertoni, R Mandal, A Volte… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Spin‐crossover (SCO) complexes have drawn significant attention for the possibility to
photoswitch their electronic spin state on a sub‐picosecond timescale at the molecular level …

[HTML][HTML] Toward ultrafast magnetic depth profiling using time-resolved x-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity

V Chardonnet, M Hennes, R Jarrier, R Delaunay… - Structural …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
During the last two decades, a variety of models have been developed to explain the
ultrafast quenching of magnetization following femtosecond optical excitation. These models …

[HTML][HTML] Reciprocal space slicing: A time-efficient approach to femtosecond x-ray diffraction

SP Zeuschner, M Mattern, JE Pudell… - Structural …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
An experimental technique that allows faster assessment of out-of-plane strain dynamics of
thin film heterostructures via x-ray diffraction is presented. In contrast to conventional high …

Propagation of insulator-to-metal transition driven by photoinduced strain waves in a Mott material

T Amano, D Babich, R Mandal, J Guzman-Brambila… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Ultrafast photoexcitation can generate internal compressive stress in Mott insulators that
lead to strain waves from free surfaces. These photoinduced elastic waves can trigger phase …

[HTML][HTML] Unconventional picosecond strain pulses resulting from the saturation of magnetic stress within a photoexcited rare earth layer

A von Reppert, M Mattern, JE Pudell… - Structural …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Optical excitation of spin-ordered rare earth metals triggers a complex response of the
crystal lattice since expansive stresses from electron and phonon excitations compete with a …

Accelerating the Laser‐Induced Phase Transition in Nanostructured FeRh via Plasmonic Absorption

M Mattern, JE Pudell, JA Arregi, J Zlámal… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
By ultrafast x‐ray diffraction (UXRD), it is shown that the laser‐induced magnetostructural
phase transition in FeRh nanoislands proceeds faster and more complete than in …

Quasi-static strain governing ultrafast spin dynamics

Y Shin, M Vomir, DH Kim, PC Van, JR Jeong… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
The quasi-static strain (QSS) is the product induced by the lattice thermal expansion after
ultrafast photo-excitation. Although the ultrafast spin dynamics driven by the QSS and …