Emergence of liquid following laser melting of gold thin films

Robinson, Ian K.; Griffiths, Jack P.; Koch, Robert; Assefa, Tadesse A.; Suzana, Ana F.; Cao, Yue; Kim, Sungwon; Kim, Dongjin; Lee, Heemin; Kim, Sunam; Lee, Jae Hyuk; Park, Sang-Youn; Eom, Intae; Park, JaeHyun; Nam, Daewoong; Kim, Sangsoo; Chun, Sae Hwan; Hyun, Hyojung; Kim, Kyung-Sook; Lu, Ming; Song, Changyong; Kim, Hyunjung; Billinge, Simon L.; Bozin, Emil S.

doi:10.1107/s2052252523009363

Title: Emergence of liquid following laser melting of gold thin films

Journal Article · 31 October 2023 · IUCrJ

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/s2052252523009363 · OSTI ID:2204059

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Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. College London (United Kingdom)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sogang Univ. Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of)
Pohang Accelerator Lab. (PAL) (Korea, Republic of)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)

X-ray structural science is undergoing a revolution driven by the emergence of X-ray Free-electron Laser (XFEL) facilities. The structures of crystalline solids can now be studied on the picosecond time scale relevant to phonons, atomic vibrations which travel at acoustic velocities. In the work presented here, X-ray diffuse scattering is employed to characterize the time dependence of the liquid phase emerging from femtosecond laser-induced melting of polycrystalline gold thin films using an XFEL. In a previous analysis of Bragg peak profiles, we showed the supersonic disappearance of the solid phase and presented a model of pumped hot electrons carrying energy from the gold surface to scatter at internal grain boundaries. This generates melt fronts propagating relatively slowly into the crystal grains. By conversion of diffuse scattering to a partial X-ray pair distribution function, we demonstrate that it has the characteristic shape obtained by Fourier transformation of the measured F(Q). The diffuse signal fraction increases with a characteristic rise-time of 13 ps, roughly independent of the incident pump fluence and consequent final liquid fraction. This suggests the role of further melt-front nucleation processes beyond grain boundaries.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 2204059

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2203259; OSTI ID: 2341318

Report Number(s):: BNL-224900-2023-JAAM; 186884

Journal Information:: IUCrJ, Vol. 10, Issue 6; ISSN 2052-2525

Publisher:: International Union of CrystallographyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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