Nature Communications (Mar 2021)
Ultrafast multi-cycle terahertz measurements of the electrical conductivity in strongly excited solids
- Z. Chen,
- C. B. Curry,
- R. Zhang,
- F. Treffert,
- N. Stojanovic,
- S. Toleikis,
- R. Pan,
- M. Gauthier,
- E. Zapolnova,
- L. E. Seipp,
- A. Weinmann,
- M. Z. Mo,
- J. B. Kim,
- B. B. L. Witte,
- S. Bajt,
- S. Usenko,
- R. Soufli,
- T. Pardini,
- S. Hau-Riege,
- C. Burcklen,
- J. Schein,
- R. Redmer,
- Y. Y. Tsui,
- B. K. Ofori-Okai,
- S. H. Glenzer
Affiliations
- Z. Chen
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- C. B. Curry
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- R. Zhang
- University of Alberta
- F. Treffert
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- N. Stojanovic
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- S. Toleikis
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- R. Pan
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- M. Gauthier
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- E. Zapolnova
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- L. E. Seipp
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- A. Weinmann
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Z. Mo
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. B. Kim
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- B. B. L. Witte
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. Bajt
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- S. Usenko
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- R. Soufli
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- T. Pardini
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- S. Hau-Riege
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- C. Burcklen
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- J. Schein
- Universität der Bundeswehr München
- R. Redmer
- Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock
- Y. Y. Tsui
- University of Alberta
- B. K. Ofori-Okai
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. H. Glenzer
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21756-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
The electrical conductivity is critical to understand warm dense matter, but the accurate measurement is extremely challenging. Here the authors use multi-cycle THz pulses to measure the conductivity of gold foils strongly heated by free-electron laser, determining the individual contributions of electron-electron and electron-ion scattering.
