Second-harmonic efficiency and reflectivity of GaAs during femtosecond melting
Publication information:
Y. Siegal, P. N. Saeta, J. Kai Wang, E. Mazur, and N. Bloembergen. 1990. “Second-Harmonic Efficiency and Reflectivity of GaAs During Femtosecond Melting”. In Ultrafast Phenomena VII, edited by E. Ippen C. B. Harris and A. H. Zewail, Pp. 321–323. Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1016/0009-2614(85)80931-3
Abstract
Second-harmonic and reflective probes of photoexcited GaAs demonstrates melting on a 200-fs timescale and partial recrystallization of the molten material.