Coherent control of optical phonons in bismuth

We have conducted degenerate pump-pump-probe experiments on semimetal bismuth with femtosecond time resolution, varying both pump-probe and interpump time delays. The observed phonon dynamics, including the amplitude, damping, frequency, and phase, can be modeled by the interference of two chirped d...

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Main Authors: Cheng, Yu-Hsiang, Gao, Frank Y., Teitelbaum, Samuel Welch, Nelson, Keith Adam
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Format: Article
Published: American Physical Society 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113382
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9202-3338
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0812-9832
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7804-5418
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Summary:We have conducted degenerate pump-pump-probe experiments on semimetal bismuth with femtosecond time resolution, varying both pump-probe and interpump time delays. The observed phonon dynamics, including the amplitude, damping, frequency, and phase, can be modeled by the interference of two chirped damped oscillators. No lattice anharmonicity along the trigonal axis is observed. We also find evidence of phonon-mediated relaxation of the energy density at the sample surface.