Transient lattice distortion induced by ultrashort heat pulse propagation through thin film metal/metal interface Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Phonon propagation across the Cu/Ag(111) interface and transient structural disorder in Ag(111) crystal, after excitation of 18 nm copper layer with UV femtosecond pulses has been studied by means of picosecond time resolved X-ray diffraction. The lattice disorder was measured by the changes in peak shift and broadening of the XRD rocking curve. A blast force was formed within 2 ps after fs UV irradiation. After fast initial expansion and contraction, a sharp oscillation is observed, while the subsequent oscillations were found to be broader due to out-of phase relationship between the sound waves in the copper and silver layers. 2013 American Institute of Physics.

published proceedings

  • APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

  • Er, A. O., Chen, J., Tang, J., & Rentzepis, P. M.

citation count

  • 4

complete list of authors

  • Er, Ali Oguz||Chen, Jie||Tang, Jau||Rentzepis, Peter M

publication date

  • February 2013