Title :
LiBH4 studied by femtosecond X-ray powder diffraction
Author :
Stingl, Johannes ; Freyer, Benjamin ; Zamponi, Flavio ; Woerner, Michael ; Elsaesser, Thomas ; Borgschulte, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. fur Nichtlineare Opt. und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
The first femtosecond x-ray diffraction experiments on LiBH4 are reported. Off-resonant excitation with 800-nm pulses induces a purely electronic modification of the transient diffraction pattern, followed by coherent atomic motions.
Keywords :
X-ray diffraction; boron compounds; high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; LiBH4; Off-resonant excitation; coherent atomic motions; electronic modification; ferntosecond X-ray powder diffraction; Diffraction; Hydrogen; Powders; Transient analysis; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics; X-ray diffraction;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
