Regensburg 2010 – scientific programme
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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus
MA 19: Magnetic Half-metals and Oxides II
MA 19.4: Talk
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 16:00–16:15, H22
Ultrafast optical and X-ray studies of multifunctional oxide multilayers — •Marc Herzog1, Wolfram Leitenberger1, Roman Shayduk2, and Matias Bargheer1 — 1Universität Potsdam, Institut für Physik und Astronomie — 2Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
We compare ultrafast optical and x-ray measurements on epitaxial multifunctional oxide multilayers possessing a perovskite crystal structure arranged in alternating layers of ferromagnetic (FM) metals and paraelectric/ferroelectric insulators. The FM oxides include (La2/3Sr1/3)MnO3 and SrRuO3 while the non-metallic layers are built from Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 and SrTiO3. All-optical pump-probe experiments across the FM transition temperature are presented and optical pump - x-ray probe measurements at room temperature evidence the excitation of coherent acoustic phonon modes leading to drastic modulations of the X-ray diffraction patterns on a 1-ps time scale. These measurements allow for an accurate calibration of all-optical experiments regarding the amplitude of lattice motion.