Short-pulse Laser Induced Transient Structure Formation and Ablation Studied with Time-resolved Coherent XUV-scattering

The structural dynamics of short‐pulse laser irradiated surfaces and nano‐structures has been studied with nm spatial and ultrafast temporal resolution by means of single‐shot coherent XUV‐scattering techniques. The experiments allowed us to time‐resolve the formation of laser‐induced periodic surface structures, and to follow the expansion and disintegration of nano‐objects during laser ablation.