Measurement of hot electron momentum relaxation times in metals by femtosecond ellipsometry
Kruglyak, V.V.; Hicken, R.J.; Ali, M.; et al.Hickey, B.J.; Pym, A.T.G.; Tanner, B.K.
Date: 16 June 2005
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Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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American Physical Society
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Abstract
Time-resolved ellipsometric measurements were made upon Au, Cu, Ag, Ni, Pd, Ti, Zr, and Hf thin films. Using an elliptically polarized pump beam, the decay of the optically induced polarization of the sample was observed. Characteristic relaxation times are extracted and interpreted in terms of scattering of linear and angular momentum ...
Time-resolved ellipsometric measurements were made upon Au, Cu, Ag, Ni, Pd, Ti, Zr, and Hf thin films. Using an elliptically polarized pump beam, the decay of the optically induced polarization of the sample was observed. Characteristic relaxation times are extracted and interpreted in terms of scattering of linear and angular momentum of hot electrons. A systematic variation is observed between different metals that reflects their underlying band structure.
Physics and Astronomy
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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