Title :
Ultrafast switching of hard X-rays
Author :
Gaal, Peter ; Bojahr, André ; Herzog, Marc ; Goldsteyn, Yevgen ; Shayduk, Roman ; Leitenberger, Wolfram ; Navirian, Hengameh ; Khakulin, Dimitry ; Wulff, Michael ; Bargheer, Matias
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Phys. und Astron., Univ. Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Abstract :
A 100 ps synchrotron pulse of hard X-rays is shorted to few picoseconds by exploiting coherent phonon dynamics in a thin metallic SrRuO3 layer. A first pump-probe experiment with the shortened X-ray pulse is presented.
Keywords :
phonons; plasma X-ray sources; plasma production by laser; strontium compounds; synchrotron radiation; SrRuO3; coherent phonon dynamics; hard X-rays; pump probe experiment; shortened X-ray pulse; synchrotron pulse; thin metallic layer; ultrafast switching; Diffraction; Optical diffraction; Optical switches; Probes; X-ray diffraction; X-rays;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
