ELECTRON DYNAMICS IN COPPER METALLIC NANOPARTICLES PROBED WITH FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSES

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BIGOT, JY
MERLE, JC
CREGUT, O
DAUNOIS, A
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[1] Insitut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, Groupe d'Optique Nonlinéaire et d'Optoélectronique, Unité Mixte 380046 CNRS-ULP-EHICS, 67037 Strasbourg Cedex
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4702
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The thermalization of electrons in copper nanoparticles embedded in glass is investigated using femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy. The time dependent induced transmission is enhanced near the surface plasmon resonance of the nanoparticles, as opposed to the static one obtained with thermomodulation measurements. In addition, a slowing of the process of electron cooling to the lattice temperature is observed at the plasmon resonance. These observations show the importance of quasiparticle collisions in confined metallic structures.
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