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Atomic View of the Photoinduced Collapse of Gold and Bismuth

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Ultrafast Phenomena XVI

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Two different mechanisms of photoinduced melting were studied by femtosecond electron diffraction. The structural response of gold indicates an electronically-induced increase of the melting temperature. Bismuth was found to disorder within one vibrational period.

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  1. Institute for Optical Sciences and Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada

    R. Ernstorfer, M. Harb, C. T. Hebeisen, G. Sciaini, T. Dartigalongue, S. Kruglik & R. J. D. Miller

  2. Fachbereich Physik, Universiät at Duisburg-Essen, 47057, Duisburg, Germany

    I. Rajkovic, M. Ligges & D. von der Linde

  3. Fachbereich Physik and Center for Nanointegration, Universiät at Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE), 47057, Duisburg, Germany

    Th. Payer, M. Horn-von-Hoegen & F. J. Meyer zu Heringdorf

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  1. National Research Council Canada, Sussex Drive 100, Ottawa, K1A 0R6, Canada

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  2. Dipto. Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy

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Ernstorfer, R. et al. (2009). Atomic View of the Photoinduced Collapse of Gold and Bismuth. In: Corkum, P., Silvestri, S., Nelson, K., Riedle, E., Schoenlein, R. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XVI. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95946-5_37

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