collaborators

5 papers

cond-mat.str-el2026

Spatio-temporal migration of antiferromagnetic domain walls in Sr2IrO4

Ian Robinson, David Yang, Ross Harder +18

By laser pump-probe time-resolved coherent magnetic X-ray diffraction imaging, we have measured the migration velocity of antiferromagnetic domain walls in the Mott insulator Sr2Ir…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Ultrafast heat transfer in single palladium nanocrystals seen with an X-ray free-electron laser

David Yang, James Wrigley, Jack Griffiths +11

We report transient highly strained structural states in individual palladium (Pd) nanocrystals, electronically heated using an optical laser, which precede their uniform thermal e…

physics.optics2026

Spin waves excited by hard x-ray transient gratings

Peter R. Miedaner, Alexei A. Maznev, Mykola Biednov +49

Recent progress in ultrafast x-ray sources helped establish x-rays as an important tool for probing lattice and magnetic dynamics initiated by femtosecond optical pulses. Here, we…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Orthogonal lattice distortions inside crystalline Si upon sub-threshold femtosecond laser-induced excitation

Angel Rodríguez-Fernández, Jan-Etienne Pudell, Roman Shayduk +18

Material processing with femtosecond lasers has attracted enormous attention because of its potential for technology and industrial applications. In parallel, time-resolved x-ray d…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Ultrafast X-ray sonography reveals the spatial heterogeneity of the laser-induced magneto-structural phase transition in FeRh

Maximilian Mattern, Angel Rodriguez-Fernandez, Roman Shayduk +13

Phase transitions are governed by both intrinsic and extrinsic heterogeneities, yet capturing their spatio-temporal dynamics remains a challenge. While ultrafast techniques track p…