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A theoretical approach to treat laser induced femtosecond structural changes in covalent solids is described. Our approach consists in molecular dynamic simulations performed on the basis of a time-dependent, many-body potential energy surface derived from a tight-binding Hamiltonian. The shape and spectral composition of the laser pulse is explicitly taken into account in a non-perturbative way. We show a few examples of the application of this approach to describe the laser excitation of bulk diamond and ultrathin graphite and silicon films.
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Jeschke, H.O., Garcia, M.E. (2003). Ultrafast Structural Changes Induced by Femtosecond Laser Pulses. In: Adams, B.W. (eds) Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics, and Ultrafast Phenomena with X-Rays. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0387-3_7
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