Determination of the lifetime of hot electrons in metals by time-resolved two-photon photoemission: The role of transport effects, virtual states, and transient excitons

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 529-535

  Ekardt, W ^a   Schone W D ^a   Keyling, R ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOEMISSION; PHOTONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

DYSON EQUATIONS; HOT ELECTRONS; PLASMON-POLE APPROXIMATION; TIME-RESOLVED TWO-PHOTON PHOTOEMISSION;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 0343715589     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003390000710     Document Type: Article

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