What happens when an ultrashort high-intensity laser pulse heats up a silicon crystal? Accurate quantum-mechanical simulations of the motion of silicon atoms in the crystal reveal synchronous atomic oscillations between two distinct types of squeezed thermal-phonon modes.
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