Ultrafast dynamics of electrons and phonons: from the two-temperature model to the time-dependent Boltzmann equation

F Caruso, D Novko - Advances in Physics: X, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The advent of pump-probe spectroscopy techniques paved the way to the exploration of
ultrafast dynamics of electrons and phonons in crystalline solids. Following photo-absorption …

Ultrafast electronic band gap control in an excitonic insulator

S Mor, M Herzog, D Golež, P Werner, M Eckstein… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We report on the nonequilibrium dynamics of the electronic structure of the layered
semiconductor Ta 2 NiSe 5 investigated by time-and angle-resolved photoelectron …

Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics and Bandgap Renormalization in Layered PtSe2

G Wang, K Wang, N McEvoy, Z Bai, CP Cullen… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Carrier interactions in 2D nanostructures are of central importance not only in condensed‐
matter physics but also for a wide range of optoelectronic and photonic applications. Here …

Enhanced optical conductivity and many-body effects in strongly-driven photo-excited semi-metallic graphite

TPH Sidiropoulos, N Di Palo, DE Rivas… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The excitation of quasi-particles near the extrema of the electronic band structure is a
gateway to electronic phase transitions in condensed matter. In a many-body system, quasi …

Polycrystalline phases grown in-situ engendering unique mechanism of charge storage in polyaniline-graphite composite

N Mahato, S Singh, M Faisal, TVM Sreekanth… - Synthetic Metals, 2023 - Elsevier
We report on a simple surfactant/template free chemical route for the synthesis of semi-
polycrystalline polyaniline-graphite (SPani-graphite) composite and its application as an …

Coherent Electron Transfer at the Heterojunction Interface

S Tan, Y Dai, S Zhang, L Liu, J Zhao, H Petek - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
Charge transfer in transduction of light to electrical or chemical energy at heterojunctions of
metals with semiconductors or semimetals is believed to occur by photogenerated hot …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast core-loss spectroscopy in four-dimensional electron microscopy

RM van der Veen, TJ Penfold, AH Zewail - Structural dynamics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate ultrafast core-electron energy-loss spectroscopy in four-dimensional
electron microscopy as an element-specific probe of nanoscale dynamics. We apply it to the …

Ultrafast multiphoton thermionic photoemission from graphite

S Tan, A Argondizzo, C Wang, X Cui, H Petek - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
Electronic heating of cold crystal lattices in nonlinear multiphoton excitation can transiently
alter their physical and chemical properties. In metals where free electron densities are high …

Effect of Photoinduced Screening on the Spectroscopic Signature of Exciton–Phonon Coupling

S Mor, V Gosetti, VF Agekyan, C Giannetti… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The light-mediated interaction of fermionic and bosonic excitations governs the
optoelectronic properties of condensed matter systems. In photoexcited semiconductors, the …

Dynamical phonons following electron relaxation stages in photoexcited graphene

N Girotto, D Novko - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultrafast electron–phonon relaxation dynamics in graphene hides many distinct
phenomena, such as hot phonon generation, dynamical Kohn anomalies, and phonon …