Nonradiative plasmon decay and hot carrier dynamics: Effects of phonons, surfaces, and geometry

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 957-966

  Brown, Ana M ^a   Sundararaman, Ravishankar ^b   Narang, Prineha ^a,b   Goddard, William A ^a,b   Atwater, Harry A ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Dielectric response; Hot carriers; Resistivity; Surface plasmons; transport

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HOT CARRIERS; PHONONS;

COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; ELECTRON PHONON SCATTERING; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HOT CARRIER GENERATION; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSPORT;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84990943171     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b06199     Document Type: Article

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