Investigation of Nonequilibrium Electronic Dynamics of Warm Dense Copper with Femtosecond X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
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- Title
- Investigation of Nonequilibrium Electronic Dynamics of Warm Dense Copper with Femtosecond X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
- Authors
- LEE, JONG-WON; Kim M.; Kang G.; Vinko S.M.; Bae L.; Cho M.S.; Chung H.-K.; KIM, MINSEOK; KWON, SOONNAM; Lee G.; Nam C.; PARK, SANG HAN; Sohn J.H.; Yang S.H.; Zastrau U.; Cho B.I.
- Date Issued
- 2021-10
- Publisher
- American Physical Society
- Abstract
- Ultrafast optical excitation of matter leads to highly excited states that are far from equilibrium. In this study, femtosecond x-ray absorption spectroscopy was used to visualize the ultrafast dynamics in photoexcited warm dense Cu. The rich dynamical features related to vacancies are observed on femtosecond timescales. Despite the success in explaining x-ray absorption data in the picosecond regime, the new femtosecond data are poorly understood through the traditional two-temperature model based on the fast thermalization concept and the static electronic structure for high-temperature metals. An improved understanding can be achieved by including the recombination dynamics of nonthermal electrons and changes in the screening of the excited block. The population balance between the and bands is mainly determined by the recombination rate of nonthermal electrons, and the underpopulated block is initially strongly downshifted and recovered in several hundreds of femtoseconds.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/109200
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.175003
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- Physical Review Letters, vol. 127, no. 17, 2021-10
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