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 …

We apply ultrafast x-ray diffraction with femtosecond temporal resolution to monitor the
lattice dynamics in a thin film of multiferroic BiFeO 3 after above-band-gap photoexcitation …

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 …

When the spatial dimensions of metallic heterostructures shrink below the mean free path of
its conduction electrons, the transport of electrons and hence the transport of thermal energy …

Using ultrafast X-ray diffraction, we study the coherent picosecond lattice dynamics of
photoexcited thin films in the two limiting cases, where the photoinduced stress profile …

Ultrafast heat transport in nanoscale metal multilayers is of great interest in the context of
optically induced demagnetization, remagnetization and switching. If the penetration depth …

Ultrafast X‐ray diffraction is used to quantify the transport of energy in laser‐excited
nanoscale gold–nickel (Au–Ni) bilayers. Electron transport and efficient electron–phonon …

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 …

We use ultrafast x-ray diffraction to investigate the effect of expansive phononic and
contractive magnetic stress driving the picosecond strain response of a metallic perovskite …

We employ ultrafast X-ray diffraction to compare the lattice dynamics of laser-excited
continuous and granular FePt films on MgO (100) substrates. Contrary to recent results on …