Abstract
The pump-probe technique is an ultrafast spectroscopy method of detecting the dynamics of energy carriers such as electrons, phonons, and holes with transient thermal reflectance measurement. A laser beam is divided into a pump beam and probe beam with different wavelength or polarization and time delay. According to the transient reflectance result, this method could be applied to investigate the interaction between electron-phonon and electron-electron coupling with a high temporal resolution on the order of 10 femtoseconds.
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Date of Award
January 2015
Recommended Citation
Yao, Qiaomu, "ULTRAFAST ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING AT THE METAL-DIELECTRIC INTERFACE" (2015). Open Access Theses. 1087.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1087
First Advisor
Xianfan Xu
Committee Member 1
Xiulin Ruan
Committee Member 2
Timothy S. Fisher