Title :
Ultrafast anisotropic ballistic electron transport in Au films
Author :
Liu, Xuejun ; Rudolph, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys.&Astron., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Abstract :
Femtosecond reflectivity measurements on Au films and modeling showed damped oscillations. This results from ballistic transport of quasiparticles bouncing between the film surfaces and propagating with velocities determined by the actual Fermi surface of Au.
Keywords :
Fermi surface; ballistic transport; gold; high-speed optical techniques; quasiparticles; Fermi surface; damped oscillations; femtosecond reflectivity measurements; film surfaces; gold films; quasiparticles; ultrafast anisotropic ballistic electron transport; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Ballistic transport; Electrons; Gold; Optical films; Optical propagation; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Reflectivity; Ultrafast optics; (320.7130) Ultrafast processes in condensed matter; (320.7150) Ultrafast spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629015
