Hot Carrier Dynamics in Photoexcited Gold Nanostructures: Role of Interband Excitations and Evidence for Ballistic Transport

Giulia Tagliabue, Adam S Jermyn, Ravishankar Sundararaman +5

Harnessing short-lived photoexcited electron-hole pairs in metal nanostructures has the potential to define a new phase of optoelectronics, enabling control of athermal mechanisms…