title: Coherent control of phonons probed by time-resolved x-ray diffraction.
abstract: Time-resolved x-ray diffraction with picosecond temporal resolution is used to probe the product state of a coherent control experiment in which a single acoustic mode in a bulk semiconductor is driven to large amplitude or canceled out. It is demonstrated that by shaping ultrafast acoustic pulses one can coherently control the x-ray diffraction efficiency of a crystal on the time scale of a vibrational period, with application to coherent switching of x-ray beams.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lindenberg
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Falcone
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Heimann
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wark