Electron- and Lattice-Temperature Dependence of the Optical Response of Gold Nanoparticles
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| author | Chetoui, Nour E. H. Grumm, Jonas Lemke, Robert Knorr, Andreas Lange, Holger |
| author_facet | Chetoui, Nour E. H. Grumm, Jonas Lemke, Robert Knorr, Andreas Lange, Holger |
| contents | Transient absorption spectroscopy is routinely used to study the electron dynamics in plasmonic gold nanoparticles. Typically, the transient absorption bleach is analyzed as measure for the electron temperature. However, the implicitly assumed linear dependence between bleach intensity and temperature has not been systematically studied. Similarly, the influence of lattice heating also lacks a detailed analysis. Here, we solve momentum-resolved metal Boltzmann-Bloch equations for a semi-analytic access to the temperature-dependent gold nanoparticle absorption. We confirm the theory with steady state and transient absorption experiments, define regions of linear correlation between transient absorption bleach intensity and electron temperature and reveal a strong impact of the lattice temperature on the TA bleach intensity. |
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| spellingShingle | Electron- and Lattice-Temperature Dependence of the Optical Response of Gold Nanoparticles Chetoui, Nour E. H. Grumm, Jonas Lemke, Robert Knorr, Andreas Lange, Holger Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Transient absorption spectroscopy is routinely used to study the electron dynamics in plasmonic gold nanoparticles. Typically, the transient absorption bleach is analyzed as measure for the electron temperature. However, the implicitly assumed linear dependence between bleach intensity and temperature has not been systematically studied. Similarly, the influence of lattice heating also lacks a detailed analysis. Here, we solve momentum-resolved metal Boltzmann-Bloch equations for a semi-analytic access to the temperature-dependent gold nanoparticle absorption. We confirm the theory with steady state and transient absorption experiments, define regions of linear correlation between transient absorption bleach intensity and electron temperature and reveal a strong impact of the lattice temperature on the TA bleach intensity. |
| title | Electron- and Lattice-Temperature Dependence of the Optical Response of Gold Nanoparticles |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26549 |