Ultrafast Studies of Hot-Hole Dynamics in Au/p-GaN Heterostructures
@article{Tagliabue2018UltrafastSO, title={Ultrafast Studies of Hot-Hole Dynamics in Au/p-GaN Heterostructures}, author={Giulia Tagliabue and Joseph S. DuChene and Mohamed Abdellah and Adela Habib and Yocefu Hattori and Kaibo Zheng and Sophie E. Canton and David J. Gosztola and Wen-Hui Cheng and Ravishankar Sundararaman and Jacinto S{\'a} and Harry A. Atwater}, journal={arXiv: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics}, year={2018} }
Harvesting non-equilibrium hot carriers from photo-excited metal nanoparticles has enabled plasmon-driven photochemical transformations and tunable photodetection with resonant nanoantennas. Despite numerous studies on the ultrafast dynamics of hot electrons, to date, the temporal evolution of hot holes in metal-semiconductor heterostructures remains unknown. An improved understanding of the carrier dynamics in hot-hole-driven systems is needed to help expand the scope of hot-carrier…
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