Speakers
Derek G. Sahota
(Simon Fraser University)
J. Steven Dodge
(Simon Fraser University)
Description
We study the pump-probe response of three insulating cuprates as a function of both pump and probe photon energies, time, and fluence. The fluence dependence follows a simple and universal analytical form that includes a characteristic volume scale, which we associate with the effective interaction volume for a photoexcitation. This characteristic size varies strongly with pump photon energy, with a maximum just above the charge-transfer absorption peak. We assign this behavior to ultrafast many-body recombination in the photocarrier kinetics, characterized by an anomalously large Auger coefficient.
Authors
Derek G. Sahota
(Simon Fraser University)
Ruixing Liang
(University of British Columbia)
Maxime Dion
(Université de Sherbrooke)
Patrick Fournier
(Université de Sherbrooke)
Hanna A. Dabkowska
(McMaster University)
Graeme M. Luke
(McMaster University)
J. Steven Dodge
(Simon Fraser University)
