Contributions of inter- and intraband excitations to electron heat capacity and electron-phonon coupling in noble metals

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Hopkins, Patrick E ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic band structure; Electronphonon coupling factor; Interband transition; Intraband transition; Short pulsed laser heating

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING FACTOR; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; INTRABAND TRANSITIONS; SHORT PULSED LASER HEATING;

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; FERMI LEVEL; FERMIONS; HEATING; LASER HEATING; PRECIOUS METALS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 77955294210     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3192133     Document Type: Article

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