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Enhanced Photon–Phonon Interaction in WSe2 Acoustic Nanocavities (2024)
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Carr, A. D., Ruppert, C., Samusev, A. K., Magnabosco, G., Vogel, N., Linnik, T. L., …Akimov, A. V. (2024). Enhanced Photon–Phonon Interaction in WSe2 Acoustic Nanocavities. ACS Photonics, 11(3), 1147–1155. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c01601

Acoustic nanocavities (ANCs) with resonance frequencies much above 1 GHz are prospective to be exploited in sensors and quantum operating devices. Nowadays, acoustic nanocavities fabricated from van der Waals (vdW) nanolayers allow them to exhibit re... Read More about Enhanced Photon–Phonon Interaction in WSe2 Acoustic Nanocavities.

Hybrid coherent control of magnons in a ferromagnetic phononic resonator excited by laser pulses (2024)
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Scherbakov, A. V., Carr, A. D., Linnik, T. L., Kukhtaruk, S. M., Armour, A. D., Nadzeyka, A., …Bayer, M. (2024). Hybrid coherent control of magnons in a ferromagnetic phononic resonator excited by laser pulses. Physical Review Research, 6(1), Article L012019. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L012019

We propose and demonstrate the concept of hybrid coherent control (CC) whereby a quantum or classical harmonic oscillator is excited by two excitations: one is quasiharmonic (i.e., harmonic with a finite lifetime) and the other is a pulsed broadband... Read More about Hybrid coherent control of magnons in a ferromagnetic phononic resonator excited by laser pulses.

Ultrafast magnetoacoustics in Galfenol nanostructures (2023)
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Scherbakov, A. V., Linnik, T. L., Kukhtaruk, S. M., Yakovlev, D. R., Nadzeyka, A., Rushforth, A. W., …Bayer, M. (2023). Ultrafast magnetoacoustics in Galfenol nanostructures. Photoacoustics, 34, Article 100565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2023.100565

Phonons and magnons are prospective information carriers to substitute the transfer of charge in nanoscale communication devices. Our ability to manipulate them at the nanoscale and with ultimate speed is examined by ultrafast acoustics and femtoseco... Read More about Ultrafast magnetoacoustics in Galfenol nanostructures.

Acoustic band engineering in terahertz quantum-cascade lasers and arbitrary superlattices (2023)
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Demić, A., Valavanis, A., Dean, P., Li, L., Davies, A. G., Linfield, E. H., …Harrison, P. (2023). Acoustic band engineering in terahertz quantum-cascade lasers and arbitrary superlattices. Physical Review B, 107(23), Article 235411. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.107.235411

We present theoretical methods for the analysis of acoustic phonon modes in superlattice structures, and terahertz-frequency quantum-cascade lasers (THz QCLs). Our generalized numerical solution of the acoustic-wave equation provides good agreement w... Read More about Acoustic band engineering in terahertz quantum-cascade lasers and arbitrary superlattices.

Coherent Phononics of van der Waals Layers on Nanogratings (2022)
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Yan, W., Akimov, A. V., Barra-Burillo, M., Bayer, M., Bradford, J., Gusev, V. E., …Linnik, T. L. (2022). Coherent Phononics of van der Waals Layers on Nanogratings. Nano Letters, 22(16), 6509-6515. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01542

Strain engineering can be used to control the physical properties of two-dimensional van der Waals (2D-vdW) crystals. Coherent phonons, which carry dynamical strain, could push strain engineering to control classical and quantum phenomena in the unex... Read More about Coherent Phononics of van der Waals Layers on Nanogratings.

Giant Photoelasticity of Polaritons for Detection of Coherent Phonons in a Superlattice with Quantum Sensitivity (2022)
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Kobecki, M., Scherbakov, A. V., Kukhtaruk, S. M., Yaremkevich, D. D., Henksmeier, T., Trapp, A., …Bayer, M. (2022). Giant Photoelasticity of Polaritons for Detection of Coherent Phonons in a Superlattice with Quantum Sensitivity. Physical Review Letters, 128(15), Article 157401. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.157401

The functionality of phonon-based quantum devices largely depends on the efficiency of the interaction of phonons with other excitations. For phonon frequencies above 20 GHz, generation and detection of the phonon quanta can be monitored through phot... Read More about Giant Photoelasticity of Polaritons for Detection of Coherent Phonons in a Superlattice with Quantum Sensitivity.

Nondestructive Picosecond Ultrasonic Probing of Intralayer and van der Waals Interlayer Bonding in α- and β-In2Se3 (2021)
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Yan, W., Akimov, A. V., Page, J. A., Greenaway, M. T., Balanov, A. G., Patanè, A., & Kent, A. J. (2021). Nondestructive Picosecond Ultrasonic Probing of Intralayer and van der Waals Interlayer Bonding in α- and β-In2Se3. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(50), Article 2106206. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202106206

The interplay between the strong intralayer covalent-ionic bonds and the weak interlayer van der Waals (vdW) forces between the neighboring layers of vdW crystals gives rise to unique physical and chemical properties. Here, the intralayer and interla... Read More about Nondestructive Picosecond Ultrasonic Probing of Intralayer and van der Waals Interlayer Bonding in α- and β-In2Se3.

Protected Long-Distance Guiding of Hypersound Underneath a Nanocorrugated Surface (2021)
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Yaremkevich, D. D., Scherbakov, A. V., Kukhtaruk, S. M., Linnik, T. L., Khokhlov, N. E., Godejohann, F., …Bayer, M. (2021). Protected Long-Distance Guiding of Hypersound Underneath a Nanocorrugated Surface. ACS Nano, 15(3), 4802–4810. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c09475

In nanoscale communications, high-frequency surface acoustic waves are becoming effective data carriers and encoders. On-chip communications require acoustic wave propagation along nanocorrugated surfaces which strongly scatter traditional Rayleigh w... Read More about Protected Long-Distance Guiding of Hypersound Underneath a Nanocorrugated Surface.

Magnon polaron formed by selectively coupled coherent magnon and phonon modes of a surface patterned ferromagnet (2020)
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Godejohann, F., Scherbakov, A., Kukhtaruk, S., Poddubny, A., Yaremkevich, D., Wang, M., …Bayer, M. (2020). Magnon polaron formed by selectively coupled coherent magnon and phonon modes of a surface patterned ferromagnet. Physical Review B, 102(14), Article 144438. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144438

Strong coupling between two quanta of different excitations leads to the formation of a hybridized state which paves a way for exploiting new degrees of freedom to control phenomena with high efficiency and precision. A magnon polaron is the hybridiz... Read More about Magnon polaron formed by selectively coupled coherent magnon and phonon modes of a surface patterned ferromagnet.

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.

Temporal superoscillation of sub-terahertz coherent acoustic phonons (2020)
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Brehm, S., Akimov, A. .., Campion, R. P., & Kent, A. J. (2020). Temporal superoscillation of sub-terahertz coherent acoustic phonons. Physical Review Research, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023009

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

Large non-thermal contribution to picosecond strain pulse generation using the photo-induced phase transition in VO2 (2020)
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Mogunov, I. A., Lysenko, S., Fedianin, A. E., Fernández, F. E., Rúa, A., Kent, A. J., …Kalashnikova, A. M. (2020). Large non-thermal contribution to picosecond strain pulse generation using the photo-induced phase transition in VO2. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 1690. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15372-z

Picosecond strain pulses are a versatile tool for investigation of mechanical properties of meso-and nano-scale objects with high temporal and spatial resolutions. Generation of such pulses is traditionally realized via ultrafast laser excitation of... Read More about Large non-thermal contribution to picosecond strain pulse generation using the photo-induced phase transition in VO2.

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., …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.

High-Frequency Elastic Coupling at the Interface of van der Waals Nanolayers Imaged by Picosecond Ultrasonics (2019)
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Greener, J. D., de Lima Savi, E., Akimov, A. V., Raetz, S., Kudrynskyi, Z., Kovalyuk, Z. D., …Gusev, V. E. (2019). High-Frequency Elastic Coupling at the Interface of van der Waals Nanolayers Imaged by Picosecond Ultrasonics. ACS Nano, 13(10), 11530-11537. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b05052

Although the topography of van de Waals (vdW) layers and heterostructures can be imaged by scanning probe microscopy, high-frequency interface elastic properties are more difficult to assess. These can influence the stability, reliability and perform... Read More about High-Frequency Elastic Coupling at the Interface of van der Waals Nanolayers Imaged by Picosecond Ultrasonics.

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., …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.

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., …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.

Ultrafast insulator-metal transition in VO2 nanostructures assisted by picosecond strain pulses (2019)
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Mogunov, I. A., Fernández, F., Lysenko, S., Kent, A., Scherbakov, A., Kalashnikova, A., & Akimov, A. (2019). Ultrafast insulator-metal transition in VO2 nanostructures assisted by picosecond strain pulses. Physical Review Applied, 11(1), Article 014054. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.11.014054

Strain engineering is a powerful technology that exploits the stationary external or internal stress of specific spatial distribution for controlling the fundamental properties of condensed materials and nanostructures. This advanced technique modula... Read More about Ultrafast insulator-metal transition in VO2 nanostructures assisted by picosecond strain pulses.

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., …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., …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-Al?Ga???N 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., …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., …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., …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., …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.

Picosecond Control of Quantum Dot Laser Emission by Coherent Phonons (2017)
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Czerniuk, T., Wigger, D., Akimov, A., Schneider, C., Kamp, M., Höfling, S., …Bayer, M. (2017). Picosecond Control of Quantum Dot Laser Emission by Coherent Phonons. Physical Review Letters, 118(13), Article 133901. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.133901

© 2017 American Physical Society. American Physical Society. A picosecond acoustic pulse can be used to control the lasing emission from semiconductor nanostructures by shifting their electronic transitions. When the active medium, here an ensemble o... Read More about Picosecond Control of Quantum Dot Laser Emission by Coherent Phonons.

Piezoelectric response to coherent longitudinal and transverse acoustic phonons in a semiconductor Schottky diode (2017)
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Srikanthreddy, D., Glavin, B., Poyser, C. L., Henini, M., Lehmann, D., Jasiukiewicz, C., …Kent, A. (in press). Piezoelectric response to coherent longitudinal and transverse acoustic phonons in a semiconductor Schottky diode. Physical Review Applied, 7(2), Article 024014. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.024014

We study the generation of microwave electronic signals by pumping a (311) GaAs Schottky diode with compressive and shear acoustic phonons, generated by femtosecond optical excitation of an Al _lm transducer and mode conversion at the Al-GaAs interfa... Read More about Piezoelectric response to coherent longitudinal and transverse acoustic phonons in a semiconductor Schottky diode.

Picosecond acoustics in single quantum wells of cubic GaN/(Al,Ga)N (2017)
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Czerniuk, T., Ehrlich, T., Wecker, T., As, D., Yakovlev, D., Akimov, A., & Bayer, M. (2017). Picosecond acoustics in single quantum wells of cubic GaN/(Al,Ga)N. Physical Review Applied, 7(1), Article 014006. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.014006

A picosecond acoustic pulse is used to study the photoelastic interaction in single zinc-blende GaN/AlxGa1−xN quantum wells. We use an optical time-resolved pump-probe setup and demonstrate that tuning the photon energy to the quantum well’s lowest e... Read More about Picosecond acoustics in single quantum wells of cubic GaN/(Al,Ga)N.

Heterodyne mixing of millimetre electromagnetic waves and sub-THz sound in a semiconductor device (2016)
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Heywood, S. L., Glavin, B. A., Beardsley, R., Akimov, A. V., Carr, M. W., Norman, J., …Kent, A. J. (in press). Heterodyne mixing of millimetre electromagnetic waves and sub-THz sound in a semiconductor device. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 30396. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30396

We demonstrate heterodyne mixing of a 94 GHz millimetre wave photonic signal, supplied by a Gunn diode oscillator, with coherent acoustic waves of frequency ~ 100 GHz, generated by pulsed laser excitation of a semiconductor surface. The mixing takes... Read More about Heterodyne mixing of millimetre electromagnetic waves and sub-THz sound in a semiconductor device.

Contributions from coherent and incoherent lattice excitations to ultrafast optical control of magnetic anisotropy of metallic films (2016)
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Kats, V. N., Linnik, T. L., Salasyuk, A. S., Rushforth, A. W., Wang, M., Wadley, P., …Scherbakov, A. V. (2016). Contributions from coherent and incoherent lattice excitations to ultrafast optical control of magnetic anisotropy of metallic films. Proceedings of SPIE, 9835(98351Q), https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238020

Spin-lattice coupling is one of the most prominent interactions mediating response of spin ensemble to ultrafast optical excitation. Here we exploit optically generated coherent and incoherent phonons to drive coherent spin dynamics, i.e. precession,... Read More about Contributions from coherent and incoherent lattice excitations to ultrafast optical control of magnetic anisotropy of metallic films.

Ultrafast changes of magnetic anisotropy driven by laser-generated coherent and noncoherent phonons in metallic films (2016)
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Kats, V., Linnik, T., Salasyuk, A., Rushforth, A., Wang, M., Wadley, P., …Scherbakov, A. (2016). Ultrafast changes of magnetic anisotropy driven by laser-generated coherent and noncoherent phonons in metallic films. Physical Review B, 93(21), Article 214422. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.214422

Ultrafast optical excitation of a metal ferromagnetic film results in a modification of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy and induces the magnetization precession. We consider two main contributions to these processes: an effect of noncoherent phonon... Read More about Ultrafast changes of magnetic anisotropy driven by laser-generated coherent and noncoherent phonons in metallic films.

Nanomechanical probing of the layer/substrate interface of an exfoliated InSe sheet on sapphire (2016)
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Beardsley, R., Akimov, A. V., Greener, J. D., Mudd, G. W., Sandeep, S., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., …Kent, A. J. (2016). Nanomechanical probing of the layer/substrate interface of an exfoliated InSe sheet on sapphire. Scientific Reports, 6, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26970

Van der Waals (vdW) layered crystals and heterostructures have attracted substantial interest for potential applications in a wide range of emerging technologies. An important, but often overlooked, consideration in the development of implementable d... Read More about Nanomechanical probing of the layer/substrate interface of an exfoliated InSe sheet on sapphire.

Resonant driving of magnetization precession in a ferromagnetic layer by coherent monochromatic phonons (2015)
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Jäger, J., Scherbakov, A., Glavin, B., Salasyuk, A., Campion, R., Rushforth, A., …Bayer, M. (2015). Resonant driving of magnetization precession in a ferromagnetic layer by coherent monochromatic phonons. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 92(2), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.020404

We realize resonant driving of the magnetization precession by monochromatic phonons in a thin ferromagnetic layer embedded into a phononic Fabry-Pérot resonator. A femtosecond laser pulse excites resonant phonon modes of the structure in the 10−40 G... Read More about Resonant driving of magnetization precession in a ferromagnetic layer by coherent monochromatic phonons.

Coherent phonon optics in a chip with an electrically controlled active device (2015)
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Akimov, A., Poyser, C. L., Kent, A. J., & CAMPION, R. (2015). Coherent phonon optics in a chip with an electrically controlled active device. Scientific Reports, 5, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08279

Phonon optics concerns operations with high-frequency acoustic waves in solid media in a similar way to how traditional optics operates with the light beams (i.e. photons). Phonon optics experiments with coherent terahertz and sub-terahertz phonons p... Read More about Coherent phonon optics in a chip with an electrically controlled active device.

Lasing from active optomechanical resonators (2014)
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Czerniuk, T., Brüggemann, C., Tepper, J., Brodbeck, S., Schneider, C., Kamp, M., …Bayer, M. (2014). Lasing from active optomechanical resonators. Nature Communications, 5(1), Article 4038. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5038

Planar microcavities with distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) host, besides confined optical modes, also mechanical resonances due to stop bands in the phonon dispersion relation of the DBRs. These resonances have frequencies in the 10- to 100-GHz ra... Read More about Lasing from active optomechanical resonators.

High-frequency acousto-optic effects in Bragg reflectors (2014)
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Farmer, D., Akimov, A. V., Gippius, N., Bailey, J., Sharp, J. S., & Kent, A. (2014). High-frequency acousto-optic effects in Bragg reflectors. Optics Express, 22(12), 15218-15231. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.015218

Picosecond acoustic interferometry was used to study the acousto-optic properties of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) manufactured from two immiscible polymers (cellulose acetate and polyvinylcarbyzole). Picosecond strain pulses were injected into... Read More about High-frequency acousto-optic effects in Bragg reflectors.

Dynamics of a vertical cavity quantum cascade phonon laser structure (2013)
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Maryam, W., Akimov, A. V., Campion, R., & Kent, A. (2013). Dynamics of a vertical cavity quantum cascade phonon laser structure. Nature Communications, 4, Article 2184. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3184

Driven primarily by scientific curiosity, but also by the potential applications of intense sources of coherent sound, researchers have targeted the phonon laser (saser) since the invention of the optical laser over 50 years ago. Here we fabricate a... Read More about Dynamics of a vertical cavity quantum cascade phonon laser structure.