Optically excited structural transition in atomic wires on surfaces at the quantum limit: a femtosecond ultrafast surface electron diffraction study

Michael Horn von Hoegen

doi:10.1117/12.2312239

21 May 2018 Optically excited structural transition in atomic wires on surfaces at the quantum limit: a femtosecond ultrafast surface electron diffraction study

Michael Horn von Hoegen

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Proceedings Volume 10673, Advances in Ultrafast Condensed Phase Physics; 1067304 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312239
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2018, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

Ultrafast electron diffraction is employed for study of structural dynamics at surfaces in the time domain. Experiments are performed in a pump probe setup with fs-laser excitation and subsequent probing through diffraction of a fs electron pulse at a temporal resolution of 350 fs. The system of interest is one atomic layer of indium atoms on a Si(111) surface: Through self-assembly In atomic wires and form which exhibits a Peierls-like, insulator to metal phase transition which can be driven non-thermally through a femtosecond-laser pulse. Through the transient intensity of the diffraction spots we observe the lifting of the Peierls transition and melting of a charge density wave in only 700 fs, heating of the surface in 6 ps, and formation of a metastable and supercooled phase which exists for nanoseconds.

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Michael Horn von Hoegen "Optically excited structural transition in atomic wires on surfaces at the quantum limit: a femtosecond ultrafast surface electron diffraction study", Proc. SPIE 10673, Advances in Ultrafast Condensed Phase Physics, 1067304 (21 May 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312239

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