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dc.contributor.authorLugovskoy, Andrey
dc.contributor.authorBray, Igor
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:34:17Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:34:17Z
dc.date.created2014-10-23T20:00:19Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationLugovskoy, A. and Bray, I. 2014. Electron excitation in thin metal films due to the magnetic field of ultrashort laser pulses. Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics. 31 (10): pp. 2504-2510.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3824
dc.identifier.doi10.1364/JOSAB.31.002504
dc.description.abstract

The behavior of the conduction-band electrons in a metal film subjected to the action of an ultrashort laser pulse at normal incidence is analyzed quantum-mechanically. The pulse duration is assumed to be shorter than the electron mean free time. It is shown for the first time that electrons in the film can be excited resonantly to the higher-energy quantum well levels due to the action of the magnetic field of the wave. The numerical analysis is conducted for an electron which is initially in the lowest quantum well and has a quasi-momentum directed along the electric field. It is shown that the excitation probability due to the magnetic-field excitation mechanism can be even larger than the excitation probability due to the inverse bremsstrahlung in electron–phonon collisions.

dc.publisherOptical Society of America
dc.titleElectron excitation in thin metal films due to the magnetic field of ultrashort laser pulses
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume31
dcterms.source.number10
dcterms.source.startPage2504
dcterms.source.endPage2510
dcterms.source.issn0740-3224
dcterms.source.titleOptical Society of America. Journal B: Optical Physics
curtin.departmentDepartment of Imaging and Applied Physics
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