Ultrafast optical detection of coherent acoustic phonons emission driven by superdiffusive hot electrons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 282-290

  Lejman, Mariusz ^a   Shalagatskyi, Viktor ^a   Kovalenko, Oleksandr ^a   Pezeril, Thomas ^a   Temnov, Vasily V ^a   Ruello, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT ACOUSTIC PHONONS; ELECTRON PHONON COUPLINGS; ENERGY TRANSPORT; OPTICAL DETECTION; OPTICAL PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUES; PROBE WAVELENGTH; SUPERDIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT ENERGY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL PUMPING; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

HOT ELECTRONS;

EID: 84898074628     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.31.000282     Document Type: Article

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