Laser-excited acoustic oscillations in silver and bismuth nanowires Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Coherent acoustic oscillations in Bi and Ag nanowire samples were studied with a femtosecond pump-probe technique and detection of the scattered light. The observed optical and acoustic properties reflect the nanostructure of these materials. The electronic and lattice contributions to the excitation of coherent acoustic phonons are described using a two-temperature model. The excitation is performed at different laser fluences, and the high density of optically induced excitations modifies the state of the lattice. A transient state with softening of the lattice was observed in Ag nanowire samples. 2007 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW B

author list (cited authors)

  • Jerebtsov, S. N., Kolomenskii, A. A., Liu, H., Zhang, H., Ye, Z., Luo, Z., ... Schuessler, H. A.

citation count

  • 15

complete list of authors

  • Jerebtsov, Sergey N||Kolomenskii, Alexandre A||Liu, Haidong||Zhang, Hong||Ye, Zuxin||Luo, Zhiping||Wu, Wenhao||Paulus, Gerhard G||Schuessler, Hans A

publication date

  • November 2007