ULTRAFAST ELECTRONIC DISORDERING DURING FEMTOSECOND LASER MELTING OF GAAS

被引:207
作者
SAETA, P
WANG, JK
SIEGAL, Y
BLOEMBERGEN, N
MAZUR, E
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[1] Gordon McKay Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1023
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have observed an ultrarapid electronic phase transformation to a centrosymmetric electronic state during laser excitation of GaAs with intense femtosecond pulses. Reflection second-harmonic intensity from the upper 90 atomic layers vanishes within 100 fs; reflectivity rises within 0.5 ps to a steady value characteristic of a metallic molten phase, long before phonon emission can heat the lattice to the melting temperature.
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