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Unveiling ultrafast disorder dynamics

A pump–probe experiment utilizing the pair distribution function method characterizes ultrafast evolution of length-scale-dependent structural disorder in a crystal on a local level. This may have important implications for understanding ultrafast photoinduced transitions in solids.

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Fig. 1: Iridium chains in CuIr2S4.

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Kiryukhin, V. Unveiling ultrafast disorder dynamics. Nat. Mater. 23, 1011–1012 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01946-5

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