In this review we address the microscopic mechanisms that are involved in the
photogeneration processes of GHz–THz coherent acoustic phonons (CAP) induced by an …

Understanding and controlling vibrations in condensed matter is emerging as an essential
necessity both at fundamental level and for the development of a broad variety of …

Even though electron-phonon coupling is one of the most important parameters governing
material evolution after ultrafast energy deposition it remains the most unexplored one. In …

Generation of strain using light is a key issue for future development of ultrasonic devices.
Up to now, photo-induced GHz–THz acoustic phonons have been mainly explored in metals …

Using specially engineered structures to tailor the optical absorption in a metallic multilayer,
we analyze the magnetization dynamics of a Co/Pt multilayer buried below a thick Cu layer …

A review of modern lines of research in the field of ultrafast magnetoacoustics is presented.
Effects of interaction of ultrashort (picosecond) acoustic pulses with a magnetic subsystem of …

This review discusses picosecond ultrasonics experiments using ultrashort hard x-ray probe
pulses to extract the transient strain response of laser-excited nanoscopic structures from …

Using femtosecond optical pulses, we have investigated the ultrafast magnetization
dynamics induced in a dielectric film of bismuth-substituted yttrium iron garnet (Bi-YIG) …

Heat transfer from irradiated metallic nanoparticles is relevant to a broad array of
applications ranging from water desalination to photoacoustics. The efficiency of such …

We report the investigation of the generation and detection of GHz coherent acoustic
phonons in plasmonic gold nanoparticle superlattices (NPSs). The experiments have been …