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Temporal superoscillations of subterahertz coherent acoustic phonons (2020)
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Brehm, S., Akimov, A. V., Campion, R. P., & Kent, A. J. (2020). Temporal superoscillations of subterahertz coherent acoustic phonons. Physical Review Research, 2(2), Article 023009. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.2.023009

We observe coherent acoustic phonon superoscillations at subterahertz frequencies. The superoscillations result from the interference of optically excited coherent longitudinal acoustic phonon modes in a GaAs/AlGaAs superlattice. The superoscillation... Read More about Temporal superoscillations of subterahertz coherent acoustic phonons.

High-speed modulation of a terahertz quantum cascade laser by coherent acoustic phonon pulses (2020)
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Dunn, A., Poyser, C., Dean, P., Demić, A., Valavanis, A., Indjin, D., Salih, M., Kundu, I., Li, L., Akimov, A., Davies, A. G., Linfield, E., Cunningham, J., & Kent, A. (2020). High-speed modulation of a terahertz quantum cascade laser by coherent acoustic phonon pulses. Nature Communications, 11, Article 835. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14662-w

The fast modulation of lasers is a fundamental requirement for applications in optical communications, high-resolution spectroscopy and metrology. In the terahertz-frequency range, the quantum-cascade laser (QCL) is a high-power source with the poten... Read More about High-speed modulation of a terahertz quantum cascade laser by coherent acoustic phonon pulses.

Optical excitation of single- and multi-mode magnetization precession in Fe-Ga nanolayers (2019)
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Scherbakov, A., Danilov, A., Godejohann, F., Linnik, T., Glavin, B., Shelukhin, L. A., Pattnaik, D., Wang, M., Rushforth, A., Yakovlev, D., Akimov, A., & Bayer, M. (2019). Optical excitation of single- and multi-mode magnetization precession in Fe-Ga nanolayers. Physical Review Applied, 11(3), Article 031003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.031003

We demonstrate a variety of precessional responses of the magnetization to ultrafast optical excitation in nanolayers of Galfenol (Fe,Ga), which is a ferromagnetic material with large saturation magnetization and enhanced magnetostriction. The partic... Read More about Optical excitation of single- and multi-mode magnetization precession in Fe-Ga nanolayers.

A high electron mobility phonotransistor (2018)
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Poyser, C. L., Li, L. H., Campion, R. P., Akimov, A. V., Linfield, E. H., Davies, A. G., Cunningham, J. E., & Kent, A. J. (2018). A high electron mobility phonotransistor. Communications Physics, 1, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-018-0059-7

Acoustoelectric devices convert acoustic energy to electrical energy and vice versa. Devices working at much higher acoustic frequencies than those currently available have potential scientific and technological applications, e.g.: as detectors in ph... Read More about A high electron mobility phonotransistor.

Coherent acoustic phonons in van der Waals nanolayers and heterostructures (2018)
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Greener, J. D., Akimov, A. V., Gusev, V., Kudrynskyi, Z., Beton, P. H., Kovalyuk, Z. D., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Kent, A., & Patanè, A. (2018). Coherent acoustic phonons in van der Waals nanolayers and heterostructures. Physical Review B, 98(7), Article 075408. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.075408

Terahertz (THz) and sub-THz coherent acoustic phonons have been successfully used as probes of various quantum systems. Since their wavelength is in the nanometer range, they can probe nanostructures buried below a surface with nanometer resolution a... Read More about Coherent acoustic phonons in van der Waals nanolayers and heterostructures.

Photoelastic properties of zinc-blende (AlGa)N in the UV: picosecond ultrasonic studies (2018)
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Whale, J., Akimov, A. V., Novikov, S. V., Mellor, C. J., & Kent, A. J. (2018). Photoelastic properties of zinc-blende (AlGa)N in the UV: picosecond ultrasonic studies. Physical Review Materials, 2(3), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.034606

Picosecond ultrasonics was used to study the photoelastic properties of zinc-blende (cubic) c-AlₓGa₁₋ₓN with x around 0.5 The velocities for longitudinal sound in the alloys were measured using ultrafast UV pump-probe experiments with (Al... Read More about Photoelastic properties of zinc-blende (AlGa)N in the UV: picosecond ultrasonic studies.

Generation of a localised microwave magnetic field by coherent phonons in a ferromagnetic grating (2018)
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Salasyuk, A., Rudkovskaya, A., Danilov, A., Glavin, B., Kukhtaruk, S., Wang, M., Rushforth, A., Nekludova, P., Sokolov, S., Elistratov, A., Yakovlev, D., Bayer, M., Akimov, A. V., & Scherbakov, A. (2018). Generation of a localised microwave magnetic field by coherent phonons in a ferromagnetic grating. Physical Review B, 97(6), Article 060404. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.060404

A high-amplitude microwave magnetic field localized at the nanoscale is a desirable tool for various applications within the rapidly developing field of nanomagnetism. Here, we drive magnetization precession by coherent phonons in a metal ferromagnet... Read More about Generation of a localised microwave magnetic field by coherent phonons in a ferromagnetic grating.

Phonon spectroscopy with chirped shear and compressive acoustic pulses (2017)
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Poyser, C. L., York, W., Srikanthreddy, D., Glavin, B., Linnik, T., Campion, R., Akimov, A., & Kent, A. (in press). Phonon spectroscopy with chirped shear and compressive acoustic pulses. Physical Review Letters, 119, Article 255502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.255502

Picosecond duration compressive and shear phonon wave packets injected into (311) GaAs slabs transform after propagation through ∼1  mm into chirped acoustic pulses with a frequency increasing in time due to phonon dispersion. By probing the temporal... Read More about Phonon spectroscopy with chirped shear and compressive acoustic pulses.

Acousto-optical nanoscopy of buried photonic nanostructures (2017)
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Czerniuk, T., Schneider, C., Kamp, M., Höfling, S., Glavin, B., Yakovlev, D., Akimov, A. V., & Bayer, M. (2017). Acousto-optical nanoscopy of buried photonic nanostructures. Optica, 4(6), https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.4.000588

We develop a nanoscopy method with in-depth resolution for layered photonic devices. Photonics often requires tailored light field distributions for the optical modes used, and an exact knowledge of the geometry of a device is crucial to assess its p... Read More about Acousto-optical nanoscopy of buried photonic nanostructures.

The effect of dynamical compressive and shear strain on magnetic anisotropy in a low symmetry ferromagnetic film (2017)
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Linnik, T., Kats, V., Jäger, J., Salasyuk, A., Yakovlev, D., Rushforth, A., Akimov, A., Kalashnikova, A., Bayer, M., & Scherbakov, A. (2017). The effect of dynamical compressive and shear strain on magnetic anisotropy in a low symmetry ferromagnetic film. Physica Scripta, 92(5), Article 054006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/aa6943

Dynamical strain generated upon excitation of a metallic film by a femtosecond laser pulse may become a versatile tool enabling control of magnetic state of thin _lms and nanostructures via inverse magnetostriction on a picosecond time scale. Here we... Read More about The effect of dynamical compressive and shear strain on magnetic anisotropy in a low symmetry ferromagnetic film.