Ultrafast Optical Excitation of a Combined Coherent-Squeezed Phonon field in SrTiO3
Optics Express, Vol. 1, Issue 12, pp. 385-389 (1997)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.1.000385
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Abstract
We have simultaneously excited a coherent and a squeezed phonon field in SrTiO3 using femtosecond laser pulses and stimulated Raman scattering. The frequency of the coherent state (~ 1.3 THz) is that of the A1g-component of the soft mode responsible for the cubic-tetragonal phase transformation at ≈ 110 K. The squeezed field involves a continuum of transverse acoustic phonons dominated by a narrow peak in the density of states at ~ 6.9 THz.
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OCIS Codes
(270.1670) Quantum optics : Coherent optical effects
(290.5910) Scattering : Scattering, stimulated Raman
(320.7130) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast processes in condensed matter, including semiconductors
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Focus Issue: Coherent Phenomena in Solids
History
Original Manuscript: September 30, 1997
Published: December 8, 1997
Citation
Gregory Garrett, John Whitaker, Ajay Sood, and Roberto Merlin, "Ultrafast Optical Excitation of a Combined Coherent-Squeezed Phonon field in SrTiO3," Opt. Express 1, 385-389 (1997)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-1-12-385
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