Title :
Ballistic electron transport in thin gold films
Author :
Xuejun Liu ; Stock, R. ; Rudolph, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM
Abstract :
Periodic oscillations on a 100 fs time scale were observed in transient reflection measurements on gold films. A theoretical model attributes this behavior to ballistic electrons bouncing back and forth between the film boundaries
Keywords :
ballistic transport; gold; high-speed optical techniques; metallic thin films; oscillations; time resolved spectroscopy; 100 fs; Au; ballistic electron transport; periodic oscillations; thin gold films; transient reflection measurements; Delay; Electron optics; Gold; Optical films; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Probes; Resonance light scattering; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4