• DocumentCode
    521475
  • Title

    Electron thermalization in gold on the 10-fs timescale

  • Author

    Brida, Daniele ; Cerullo, Giulio

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Fis., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Using 5-fs visible probe pulses we study the electron distribution dynamics in thin gold films triggered by sub-15-fs near-IR pump pulses. We observe in real-time the build-up and decay of the thermal electron distribution.
  • Keywords
    Electron optics; Gold; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5501097