Direct observation of optically induced transient structures in graphite using ultrafast electron crystallography.

We use ultrafast electron crystallography to study structural changes induced in graphite by a femtosecond laser pulse. At moderate fluences of < or =21 mJ/cm2, lattice vibrations are observed to thermalize on a time scale of approximately 8 ps. At higher fluences approaching the damage threshold, lattice vibration amplitudes saturate. Following a marked initial contraction, graphite is driven nonthermally into a transient state with sp3-like character, forming interlayer bonds. Using ab initio density functional calculations, we trace the governing mechanism back to electronic structure changes following the photoexcitation.

• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Physical Review Letters

• Publication date

  2008-07-09

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Physics

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  DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.077401arXiv 0807.1377PMID 18764578
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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