Acoustic surface plasmon on Cu(111) as an excitation in the mid-infrared range

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 51, 2013, Pages 26964-26968

  Pischel, Jan ^a   Welsch, Emanuel ^a   Skibbe, Olaf ^a   Pucci, Annemarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROCESS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; FERMI VELOCITIES; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; MID-INFRARED RANGE; SHOCKLEY SURFACE STATE;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE STATES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84891435247     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407447p     Document Type: Article

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