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Impact of laser on bismuth thin-films

A 10 ps time-resolved study at the CRISTAL diffraction beamline (SOLEIL synchrotron)

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We used the newly developed low-α mode of SOLEIL synchrotron to observe optically induced strain waves in 200 nm bismuth thin-films.

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  1. Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

    C. Laulhé

  2. L’Orme des merisiers Saint Aubin, Synchrotron SOLEIL, BP. 48, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

    C. Laulhé & S. Ravy

  3. Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR 6251 UR1-CNRS, University Rennes 1, Bât. 11A Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes, France

    M. Cammarata & M. Servol

  4. Max Planck Research Department for Structural Dynamics at the Center for Free Electron Laser Science, University of Hamburg c/o DESY, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany

    R. J. Dwayne Miller & M. Hada

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Laulhé, C., Cammarata, M., Servol, M. et al. Impact of laser on bismuth thin-films. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 222, 1277–1285 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-01922-0

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