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Effective mass effect in attosecond electron transport

Kasmi, Lamia; Lucchini, Matteo; Castiglioni, Luca; Kliuiev, Pavel; Osterwalder, Jürg; Hengsberger, Matthias; Gallmann, Lukas; Krüger, Peter; Keller, Ursula (2017). Effective mass effect in attosecond electron transport. Optica, 4(12):1492-1497.

Abstract

The electronic band structure governs the electron dynamics in solids. It defines a group velocity and an effective mass of the electronic wave packet. Recent experimental and theoretical studies suggest that an electron acquires the effective mass of its excited state over distances much larger than the lattice period of the solid. Therefore, electron propagation on atomic length scales was typically considered to be free-electron-like. Here, we test this hypothesis by probing attosecond photoemission from a Cu(111) surface. We use attosecond pulse trains in the extreme-ultraviolet (21–33 eV) to excite electrons from two initial bands within the 3d-valence band of copper. We timed their arrival at the crystal surface with a probing femtosecond infrared pulse, and found an upper limit of 350±40 as (1  as=10−18  s) for the propagation time an electron requires to assume the effective mass of its excited state. This observation implies that a final-state Bloch wave packet forms within a travel distance of 5–7 Å, which is at most two atomic layers. Using well-established theory, our measurements demonstrate the importance of the band structure even for atomic-scale electron transport.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:07 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute
Dewey Decimal Classification:530 Physics
Scopus Subject Areas:Physical Sciences > Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Physical Sciences > Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Language:English
Date:2017
Deposited On:12 Dec 2017 17:12
Last Modified:17 Oct 2024 01:40
Publisher:Optical Society of America
ISSN:2334-2536
OA Status:Gold
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.4.001492
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