Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.086602
ISSN
0031-9007
Abstract
We predict a dynamic metallization effect where an ultrafast (single-cycle) optical pulse with a ≲1 V/Åfield causes plasmonic metal-like behavior of a dielectric film with a few-nm thickness. This manifests itself in plasmonic oscillations of polarization and a significant population of the conduction band evolving on a ∼1 fs time scale. These phenomena are due to a combination of both adiabatic (reversible) and diabatic (for practical purposes irreversible) pathways.
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Durach, Maxim, Anastasia Rusina, Matthias F. Kling, Mark I. Stockman.
2011.
"Predicted Ultrafast Dynamic Metallization of Dielectric Nanofilms by Strong Single-Cycle Optical Fields."
Physical Review Letters, 107 (086602): American Physical Society.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.086602 source: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.086602
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