Title

Atomic-scale Diffractive Imaging of Sub-cycle Electron Dynamics in Condensed Matter

Authors

Vladislav S. Yakovlev, Georgia State UniversityFollow
Mark I. Stockman, Georgia State UniversityFollow
Ferenc Krausz, Max Planck Institute for QuantenoptikFollow
Peter Baum, Max Planck Institute for QuantenoptikFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2015

Abstract

For interaction of light with condensed-matter systems, we show with simulations that ultrafast electron and X-ray diffraction can provide a time-dependent record of charge-density maps with sub-cycle and atomic-scale resolutions. Using graphene as an example material, we predict that diffraction can reveal localised atomic-scale origins of optical and electronic phenomena. In particular, we point out nontrivial relations between microscopic electric current and density in undoped graphene.

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Originally Published in:

Sci Rep, 5 14581. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14581

Recommended Citation

Yakovlev, V. S. et al. Atomic-scale diffractive imaging of subcycle electron dynamics in condensed matter. Sci. Rep. 5, 14581; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14581 (2015).

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