Femtosecond laser-excited phase transitions and shock waves studied with ultrafast time-resolved X-ray diffraction

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Klaus Sokolowski-Tinten
• Subject Area: Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
• Term: from 2002 to 2011
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5373581

Ultrashort laser pulses provide a unique way to drive solid materials into extreme states of temperature and pressure. Relaxation of this high energy-density states gives rise to strong acoustic pertubations and shock waves. Within this project the dynamics of the associated transient lattice distortions will be directly monitored by ultrafast time-resolves x-ray diffraction using ultrashort multi-keV x-ray pulses from laser produced plasmas.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1134: Transient structures in condensed matter investigated by ultrafast x-ray techniques
• Participating Person: Professor Dr. Dietrich von der Linde (†)