Thermal excitation of d band electrons in Au: Implications for laser-induced phase transformations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6261 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lin, Zhibin ^a   Zhigilei, Leonid V ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron density of states; Electron phonon coupling; Laser melting; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMBINED ATOMISTIC-CONTINUUM METHOD; ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING; LASER MELTING; THERMAL EXCITATION;

BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LASER PULSES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHONONS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOELASTICITY;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 33747356744     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.674636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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