Dynamics at Solid State Surfaces and Interfaces 1

This two-volume work covers ultrafast structural and electronic dynamics of elementary processes at solid surfaces and interfaces, presenting the current status of photoinduced processes. Providing valuable introductory information for newcomers to this booming field of research, it investigates concepts and experiments, femtosecond and attosecond time-resolved methods, as well as frequency domain techniques. The whole is rounded off by a look at future developments.

InhaltsangabeI. Quasiparticle dynamics 1. Nonlinear terahertz studies of ultrafast uasiparticles dynamics in semiconductors 2. Higher order photoemission from metal surfaces 3. Electron dynamics in image potential states at solid surfaces 4. Relaxation dynamics in image potential states at solid interfaces 5. Dynamics of electronic states at metal/isolator interfaces 6. Spindependent relaxation of hot electrons on ferromagnetic surfaces 7. Electronphonon interaction at interfaces II. Collectice excitations 8. Lowenergy collective electronic excitations at metal surfaces 9. Lowdimensional plasmons in atom sheets and atom chains 10. Excitation and time-evolution of coherent optical phonons 11. Photoinduced coherent nuclear motion at surfaces 12. Coherent excitations at lanthanide surfaces III. Heterogeneous electron transfer 13. Studies on Auger neutralization of He+ ions in front of metal surfaces 14. Electron transfer investigated by x-ray spectroscopy 15. Exciton formation and decay at surfaces and interfaces 16. Electron dynamics at polar molecule-metal interfaces: Competition between localization, solvation, transfer IV. Photoinduced modification of materials and femtochemistry 17. Theory of femtochemistry at metal surfaces: Associative molecular photodesorption as a case study 18. Timeresolved investigation of electronically induced diffusion processes 19. Laserinduced softening of lattice vibrations 20. Femtosecond time- and angle-resolved photoemission as a realtime probe of cooperative effects in correlated electron materials V. Recent developments and future directions 21. Timeresolved spectroscopy at surfaces using femtosecond XUV pulses 22. Attosecond time-resolved spectroscopy at surfaces 23. Simultaneous spatial and temporal control of nanooptical fields 24. Coherently controlled electrical currents at surfaces 25. Ultrabroadband terahertz studies of correlated electrons