Transient lattice contraction in the solid-to-plasma transition

Ferguson, Ken R.; Bucher, Maximilian; Gorkhover, Tais; Boutet, Sébastien; Fukuzawa, Hironobu; Koglin, Jason E.; Kumagai, Yoshiaki; Lutman, Alberto; Marinelli, Agostino; Messerschmidt, Marc; Nagaya, Kiyonobu; Turner, Jim; Ueda, Kiyoshi; Williams, Garth J.; Bucksbaum, Philip H.; Bostedt, Christoph

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500837

Transient lattice contraction in the solid-to-plasma transition

Journal Article · Fri Jan 29 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500837· OSTI ID:1625949

Ferguson, Ken R. ^[1]; Bucher, Maximilian ^[2]; Gorkhover, Tais ^[3]; Boutet, Sébastien ^[2]; Fukuzawa, Hironobu ^[4]; ^[2]; Kumagai, Yoshiaki ^[4]; Lutman, Alberto ^[2]; Marinelli, Agostino ^[2]; ^[5]; Nagaya, Kiyonobu ^[6]; ^[2]; Ueda, Kiyoshi ^[4]; Williams, Garth J. ^[2]; Bucksbaum, Philip H. ^[7]; Bostedt, Christoph ^[8]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS); Stanford Univ., CA (United States); DOE/OSTI
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS); Technical Univ. of Berlin (Germany)
Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
National Science Foundation BioXFEL Science and Technology Center, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Kyoto Univ. (Japan)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE) ; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

In condensed matter systems, strong optical excitations can induce phonon-driven processes that alter their mechanical properties. We report on a new phenomenon where a massive electronic excitation induces a collective change in the bond character that leads to transient lattice contraction. Single large van der Waals clusters were isochorically heated to a nanoplasma state with an intense 10-fs x-ray (pump) pulse. The structural evolution of the nanoplasma was probed with a second intense x-ray (probe) pulse, showing systematic contraction stemming from electron delocalization during the solid-to-plasma transition. These findings are relevant for any material in extreme conditions ranging from the time evolution of warm or hot dense matter to ultrafast imaging with intense x-ray pulses or, more generally, any situation that involves a condensed matter-to-plasma transition.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1625949

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 2; ISSN 2375-2548

Publisher:: AAASCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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