Probing dynamics in quantum materials with femtosecond X-rays

Multiferroics: Past, present, and future

(2017) Nicola A. Spaldin   MRS BULLETIN

Ultrafast Reversal of the Ferroelectric Polarization

(2017) R. Mankowsky et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nanosecond X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy on Magnetic Skyrmions

(2017) M. H. Seaberg et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nonlinear Electron-Phonon Coupling in Doped Manganites

(2017) V. Esposito et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Multiple Supersonic Phase Fronts Launched at a Complex-Oxide Heterointerface

(2017) M. Först et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nonlinear Ultrafast Spin Scattering in the Skyrmion Phase of Cu2OSeO3

(2017) M. C. Langner et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Dynamical Stability Limit for the Charge Density Wave in K0.3MoO3

(2017) R. Mankowsky et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Femtosecond electron-phonon lock-in by photoemission and x-ray free-electron laser

(2017) S. Gerber et al.   SCIENCE

Optically induced lattice deformations, electronic structure changes, and enhanced superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O6.48

(2017) R. Mankowsky et al.   Structural Dynamics

Possible light-induced superconductivity in K3C60 at high temperature

(2016) M. Mitrano et al.   NATURE

Ultrafast energy- and momentum-resolved dynamics of magnetic correlations in the photo-doped Mott insulator Sr2IrO4

(2016) M. P. M. Dean et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Itinerant and Localized Magnetization Dynamics in Antiferromagnetic Ho

(2016) L. Rettig et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Non-equilibrium control of complex solids by nonlinear phononics

(2016) Roman Mankowsky et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Resonant X-Ray Scattering Studies of Charge Order in Cuprates

(2016) Riccardo Comin et al.   Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Transition to and from the skyrmion lattice phase by electric fields in a magnetoelectric compound

(2016) Y. Okamura et al.   Nature Communications

Spatially resolved ultrafast magnetic dynamics initiated at a complex oxide heterointerface

(2015) M. Först et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Ultrafast Structural Dynamics of the Fe-Pnictide Parent CompoundBaFe2As2

(2015) L. Rettig et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Experimental Demonstration of a Soft X-Ray Self-Seeded Free-Electron Laser

(2015) D. Ratner et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Direct characterization of photoinduced lattice dynamics in BaFe2As2

(2015) S. Gerber et al.   Nature Communications

Nanoscale sub-100 picosecond all-optical magnetization switching in GdFeCo microstructures

(2015) L. Le Guyader et al.   Nature Communications

Nonlinear lattice dynamics as a basis for enhanced superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O6.5

(2014) R. Mankowsky et al.   NATURE

Engineered materials for all-optical helicity-dependent magnetic switching

(2014) S. Mangin et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Optically enhanced coherent transport in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6.5 by ultrafast redistribution of interlayer coupling

(2014) W. Hu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A time-dependent order parameter for ultrafast photoinduced phase transitions

(2014) P. Beaud et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Sub-femtosecond precision measurement of relative X-ray arrival time for free-electron lasers

(2014) N. Hartmann et al.   Nature Photonics

Collective modes in quasi-one-dimensional charge-density wave systems probed by femtosecond time-resolved optical studies

(2014) H. Schaefer et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Femtosecond x rays link melting of charge-density wave correlations and light-enhanced coherent transport inYBa2Cu3O6.6

(2014) M. Först et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Strong pressure-dependent electron-phonon coupling in FeSe

(2014) Subhasish Mandal et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Optically induced coherent transport far aboveTcin underdopedYBa2Cu3O6+δ

(2014) S. Kaiser et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Ultrafast Modulation of the Chemical Potential inBaFe2As2by Coherent Phonons

(2014) L. X. Yang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Melting of Charge Stripes in Vibrationally DrivenLa1.875Ba0.125CuO4: Assessing the Respective Roles of Electronic and Lattice Order in Frustrated Superconductors

(2014) M. Först et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Coherent Structural Dynamics of a Prototypical Charge-Density-Wave-to-Metal Transition

(2014) T. Huber et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Imaging Ultrafast Demagnetization Dynamics after a Spatially Localized Optical Excitation

(2014) C. von Korff Schmising et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

All-optical control of ferromagnetic thin films and nanostructures

(2014) C.-H. Lambert et al.   SCIENCE

Ultrafast Switching to a Stable Hidden Quantum State in an Electronic Crystal

(2014) L. Stojchevska et al.   SCIENCE

Large-Amplitude Spin Dynamics Driven by a THz Pulse in Resonance with an Electromagnon

(2014) T. Kubacka et al.   SCIENCE

Speed limit of the insulator–metal transition in magnetite

(2013) S. de Jong et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Nanoscale spin reversal by non-local angular momentum transfer following ultrafast laser excitation in ferrimagnetic GdFeCo

(2013) C. E. Graves et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Achieving few-femtosecond time-sorting at hard X-ray free-electron lasers

(2013) M. Harmand et al.   Nature Photonics

Fourier-transform inelastic X-ray scattering from time- and momentum-dependent phonon–phonon correlations

(2013) M. Trigo et al.   Nature Physics

Possible observation of parametrically amplified coherent phasons in K0.3MoO3using time-resolved extreme-ultraviolet angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

(2013) H. Y. Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Real-Time Manifestation of Strongly Coupled Spin and Charge Order Parameters in Stripe-OrderedLa1.75Sr0.25NiO4Nickelate Crystals Using Time-Resolved Resonant X-Ray Diffraction

(2013) Y. D. Chuang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Resonant elastic soft x-ray scattering

(2013) J Fink et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Displacive lattice excitation through nonlinear phononics viewed by femtosecond X-ray diffraction

(2013) M. Först et al.   SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS

A single-shot transmissive spectrometer for hard x-ray free electron lasers

(2012) Diling Zhu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Emergent phenomena at oxide interfaces

(2012) H. Y. Hwang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Ultrafast X-ray pulse characterization at free-electron lasers

(2012) I. Grguraš et al.   Nature Photonics

Demonstration of self-seeding in a hard-X-ray free-electron laser

(2012) J. Amann et al.   Nature Photonics

Highly coherent and stable pulses from the FERMI seeded free-electron laser in the extreme ultraviolet

(2012) E. Allaria et al.   Nature Photonics

Direct observation of competition between superconductivity and charge density wave order in YBa2Cu3O6.67

(2012) J. Chang et al.   Nature Physics

Evolution of three-dimensional correlations during the photoinduced melting of antiferromagnetic order in La0.5Sr1.5MnO4

(2012) R. I. Tobey et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Femtosecond Single-Shot Imaging of Nanoscale Ferromagnetic Order inCo/PdMultilayers Using Resonant X-Ray Holography

(2012) Tianhan Wang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Femtosecond Dynamics of the Collinear-to-Spiral Antiferromagnetic Phase Transition in CuO

(2012) S. L. Johnson et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Ultrafast Strain Engineering in Complex Oxide Heterostructures

(2012) A. D. Caviglia et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Ultrafast Photovoltaic Response in Ferroelectric Nanolayers

(2012) Dan Daranciang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Long-Range Incommensurate Charge Fluctuations in (Y,Nd)Ba2Cu3O6+x

(2012) G. Ghiringhelli et al.   SCIENCE

Ultrafast heating as a sufficient stimulus for magnetization reversal in a ferrimagnet

(2012) T.A. Ostler et al.   Nature Communications

Ultrafast optical demagnetization manipulates nanoscale spin structure in domain walls

(2012) B. Pfau et al.   Nature Communications

Charge order and three-site distortions in the Verwey structure of magnetite

(2011) Mark S. Senn et al.   NATURE

Transient ferromagnetic-like state mediating ultrafast reversal of antiferromagnetically coupled spins

(2011) I. Radu et al.   NATURE

Nonlinear phononics as an ultrafast route to lattice control

(2011) M. Först et al.   Nature Physics

Momentum-resolved electronic excitations in the Mott insulatorSr2IrO4studied by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

(2011) K. Ishii et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Stripe order in superconducting La2−xBaxCuO4(0.095⩽x⩽0.155)

(2011) M. Hücker et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Driving magnetic order in a manganite by ultrafast lattice excitation

(2011) M. Först et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Photoinduced Melting of Antiferromagnetic Order inLa0.5Sr1.5MnO4Measured Using Ultrafast Resonant Soft X-Ray Diffraction

(2011) H. Ehrke et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Polaronic Conductivity in the Photoinduced Phase of1T−TaS2

(2011) N. Dean et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Clocking the Melting Transition of Charge and Lattice Order in1T−TaS2with Ultrafast Extreme-Ultraviolet Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy

(2011) J. C. Petersen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering studies of elementary excitations

(2011) Luuk J. P. Ament et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Light-Induced Superconductivity in a Stripe-Ordered Cuprate

(2011) D. Fausti et al.   SCIENCE

In situ observation of light-assisted domain reversal in lithium niobate crystals

(2011) Hongde Liu et al.   Optical Materials Express

Influence of heat and UV light on the coercive field of lithium niobate crystals

(2010) H. Steigerwald et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS

Ultrafast dynamics of antiferromagnetic order studied by femtosecond resonant soft x-ray diffraction

(2010) K. Holldack et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Observation of phonons with resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

(2010) H Yavaş et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Snapshots of cooperative atomic motions in the optical suppression of charge density waves

(2010) Maximilian Eichberger et al.   NATURE

First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser

(2010) P. Emma et al.   Nature Photonics

Ultra-smooth lithium niobate photonic micro-structures by surface tension reshaping

(2010) Charlie Y. J. Ying et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Single-pulse resonant magnetic scattering using a soft x-ray free-electron laser

(2010) C. Gutt et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Disentanglement of the Electronic and Lattice Parts of the Order Parameter in a 1D Charge Density Wave System Probed by Femtosecond Spectroscopy

(2010) H. Schäfer et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Magnetic Excitations and Phase Separation in the UnderdopedLa2−xSrxCuO4Superconductor Measured by Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering

(2010) L. Braicovich et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Superdiffusive Spin Transport as a Mechanism of Ultrafast Demagnetization

(2010) M. Battiato et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Observation of Two Nondispersive Magnetic Excitations in NiO by Resonant Inelastic Soft-X-Ray Scattering

(2009) G. Ghiringhelli et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Dynamics of Photoinduced Charge-Density-Wave to Metal Phase Transition inK0.3MoO3

(2009) A. Tomeljak et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Collective Coherent Control: Synchronization of Polarization in FerroelectricPbTiO3by Shaped THz Fields

(2009) Tingting Qi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Measurement of femtosecond electron pulse length and the temporal broadening due to space charge

(2009) Xuan Wang et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Skyrmion Lattice in a Chiral Magnet

(2009) S. Muhlbauer et al.   SCIENCE

Nanoscale Depth-Resolved Coherent Femtosecond Motion in Laser-Excited Bismuth

(2008) S. L. Johnson et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Femtosecond XANES Study of the Light-Induced Spin Crossover Dynamics in an Iron(II) Complex

(2008) Ch. Bressler et al.   SCIENCE