Nonlinear phononics as an ultrafast route to lattice control

By M. Forst, C. Manzoni, S. Kaiser, Y. Tomioka, Y. Tokura, Roberto Merlin, A. Cavalleri. 2011

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Light can interact with the electrons in a crystalline solid, which in turn generates lattice vibrations or phonons. A related phenomenon was proposed 40 years ago in which it is the ions in the crystal rather than the electrons that mediate the interaction. This effect, known as ionic Raman scattering, is now observed experimentally.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry

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