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Wallick RF, Chakrabarti S, Burke JH, Gnewkow R, Chae JB, Rossi TC, Mantouvalou I, Kanngießer B, Fondell M, Eckert S, Dykstra C, Smith LE, Vura-Weis J, Mirica LM, van der Veen RM. Excited-State Identification of a Nickel-Bipyridine Photocatalyst by Time-Resolved X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2024:4976-4982. [PMID: 38691639 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
Abstract
Photoassisted catalysis using Ni complexes is an emerging field for cross-coupling reactions in organic synthesis. However, the mechanism by which light enables and enhances the reactivity of these complexes often remains elusive. Although optical techniques have been widely used to study the ground and excited states of photocatalysts, they lack the specificity to interrogate the electronic and structural changes at specific atoms. Herein, we report metal-specific studies using transient Ni L- and K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a prototypical Ni photocatalyst, (dtbbpy)Ni(o-tol)Cl (dtb = 4,4'-di-tert-butyl, bpy = bipyridine, o-tol = ortho-tolyl), in solution. We unambiguously confirm via direct experimental evidence that the long-lived (∼5 ns) excited state is a tetrahedral metal-centered triplet state. These results demonstrate the power of ultrafast X-ray spectroscopies to unambiguously elucidate the nature of excited states in important transition-metal-based photocatalytic systems.
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- Rachel F Wallick
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
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- Department of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- Department of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- Department of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
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- Department of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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Wang L, Nughays R, Rossi TC, Oppermann M, Ogieglo W, Bian T, Shih CH, Guo TF, Pinnau I, Yin J, Bakr OM, Mohammed OF, Chergui M. Disentangling Thermal from Electronic Contributions in the Spectral Response of Photoexcited Perovskite Materials. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:5393-5401. [PMID: 38359303 PMCID: PMC10910496 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
Abstract
Disentangling electronic and thermal effects in photoexcited perovskite materials is crucial for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications but remains a challenge due to their intertwined nature in both the time and energy domains. In this study, we employed temperature-dependent variable-angle spectroscopic ellipsometry, density functional theory calculations, and broadband transient absorption spectroscopy spanning the visible to mid-to-deep-ultraviolet (UV) ranges on MAPbBr3 thin films. The use of deep-UV detection opens a new spectral window that enables the exploration of high-energy excitations at various symmetry points within the Brillouin zone, facilitating an understanding of the ultrafast responses of the UV bands and the underlying mechanisms governing them. Our investigation reveals that the photoinduced spectral features remarkably resemble those generated by pure lattice heating, and we disentangle the relative thermal and electronic contributions and their evolutions at different delay times using combinations of decay-associated spectra and temperature-induced differential absorption. The results demonstrate that the photoinduced transients possess a significant thermal origin and cannot be attributed solely to electronic effects. Following photoexcitation, as carriers (electrons and holes) transfer their energy to the lattice, the thermal contribution increases from ∼15% at 1 ps to ∼55% at 500 ps and subsequently decreases to ∼35-50% at 1 ns. These findings elucidate the intricate energy exchange between charge carriers and the lattice in photoexcited perovskite materials and provide insights into the limited utilization efficiency of photogenerated charge carriers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lijie Wang
- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
- Advanced
Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPM), Division of Physical
Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced
Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPM), Division of Physical
Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Advanced
Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPM), Division of Physical
Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department
of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan ROC
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- Department
of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan ROC
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- Advanced
Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPM), Division of Physical
Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- KAUST
Catalysis Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced
Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPM), Division of Physical
Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- KAUST
Catalysis Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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Rossi TC, Dykstra CP, Haddock TN, Wallick R, Burke JH, Gentle CM, Doumy G, March AM, van der Veen RM. Charge Carrier Screening in Photoexcited Epitaxial Semiconductor Nanorods Revealed by Transient X-ray Absorption Linear Dichroism. Nano Lett 2021; 21:9534-9542. [PMID: 34767364 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the electronic structure and dynamics of semiconducting nanomaterials at the atomic level is crucial for the realization and optimization of devices in solar energy, catalysis, and optoelectronic applications. We report here on the use of ultrafast X-ray linear dichroism spectroscopy to monitor the carrier dynamics in epitaxial ZnO nanorods after band gap photoexcitation. By rigorously subtracting out thermal contributions and conducting ab initio calculations, we reveal an overall depletion of absorption cross sections in the transient X-ray spectra caused by photogenerated charge carriers screening the core-hole potential of the X-ray absorbing atom. At low laser excitation densities, we observe phase-space filling by excited electrons and holes separately. These results pave the way for carrier- and element-specific probing of charge transfer dynamics across heterostructured interfaces with ultrafast table-top and fourth-generation X-ray sources.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thomas C Rossi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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Cannelli O, Colonna N, Puppin M, Rossi TC, Kinschel D, Leroy LMD, Löffler J, Budarz JM, March AM, Doumy G, Al Haddad A, Tu MF, Kumagai Y, Walko D, Smolentsev G, Krieg F, Boehme SC, Kovalenko MV, Chergui M, Mancini GF. Quantifying Photoinduced Polaronic Distortions in Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:9048-9059. [PMID: 34075753 PMCID: PMC8227469 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
The development of next-generation perovskite-based optoelectronic devices relies critically on the understanding of the interaction between charge carriers and the polar lattice in out-of-equilibrium conditions. While it has become increasingly evident for CsPbBr3 perovskites that the Pb-Br framework flexibility plays a key role in their light-activated functionality, the corresponding local structural rearrangement has not yet been unambiguously identified. In this work, we demonstrate that the photoinduced lattice changes in the system are due to a specific polaronic distortion, associated with the activation of a longitudinal optical phonon mode at 18 meV by electron-phonon coupling, and we quantify the associated structural changes with atomic-level precision. Key to this achievement is the combination of time-resolved and temperature-dependent studies at Br K and Pb L3 X-ray absorption edges with refined ab initio simulations, which fully account for the screened core-hole final state effects on the X-ray absorption spectra. From the temporal kinetics, we show that carrier recombination reversibly unlocks the structural deformation at both Br and Pb sites. The comparison with the temperature-dependent XAS results rules out thermal effects as the primary source of distortion of the Pb-Br bonding motif during photoexcitation. Our work provides a comprehensive description of the CsPbBr3 perovskites' photophysics, offering novel insights on the light-induced response of the system and its exceptional optoelectronic properties.
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- Oliviero Cannelli
- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul
Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
- National
Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- LabCri, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo
Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Chemical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne
National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United
States
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- Chemical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne
National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United
States
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- Chemical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne
National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United
States
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- Chemical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne
National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United
States
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- Chemical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne
National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United
States
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- Advanced
Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast
Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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