Title :
Energy transfer during ultrafast laser-matter interactions
Author :
Xu, Xianfan ; Wang, Yaguo
Author_Institution :
Birck Nanotechnol. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We investigate energy transfer processes during ultrafast laser-matter interactions. We show that when coherent phonons are generated by ultrafast laser pulses, additional energy transfer pathways exist which can influence energy transfer and phase change.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical materials; phase change materials; coherent phonons; energy transfer; phase change; ultrafast laser pulses; ultrafast laser-matter interactions; Bismuth; Energy exchange; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Laser transitions; Phonons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
