Photoinduced Fano-resonance of coherent phonons in zinc
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Utilizing femtosecond optical pump-probe technique, we have studied transient Fano-resonance in zinc. At high excitation levels the Fourier spectrum of the coherent E$_{2g}$ phonon exhibits strongly asymmetric line shape, which is well modeled by the Fano function. The Fano parameter (1/Q) was found to be strongly excitation fluence dependent while depending weakly on the initial lattice temperature. We attribute the origin of the Fano-resonance to the coupling of coherent phonon to the electronic continuum, with their transition probabilities strongly renormalized in the vicinity of the photoinduced structural transition.
5 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Physical Review B
5 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Physical Review B