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    Terahertz emission from lithium doped silicon under continuous wave interband optical excitation
    (Bristol : IOP Publ., 2015) Andrianov, A.V.; Zakhar'in, A.O.; Zhukavin, R.K.; Shastin, V.N.; Abrosimov, N.V.
    We report on experimental observation and study of terahertz emission from lithium doped silicon crystals under continuous wave band-to-band optical excitation. It is shown that radiative transitions of electrons from 2P excited states of lithium donor to the 1S(A1) donor ground state prevail in the emission spectrum. The terahertz emission occurs due to capture of nonequilibrium electrons to charged donors, which in turn are generated in the crystal as a result of impurity assisted electron-hole recombination. Besides the intracentre radiative transitions the terahertz emission spectrum exhibits also features at about 12.7 and 15.27 meV, which could be related to intraexciton transitions and transitions from the continuum to the free exciton ground state.
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    Ultrafast optical excitations of metallic nanostructures: From light confinement to a novel electron source
    (College Park, MD : Institute of Physics Publishing, 2007) Ropers, C.; Elsaesser, T.; Cerullo, G.; Zavelani-Rossi, M.; Lienau, C.
    Combining ultrafast coherent spectroscopy with nano-optical microscopy techniques offers a wealth of new possibilities for exploring the structure and function of nanostructures. In this paper, we describe newly developed nano-optical methods based on short-pulse laser sources with durations in the 10 fs regime. These techniques are used to unravel some of the intricate dynamics of elementary excitations in metallic nanostructures. Specifically, we explore light localization and storage in plasmonic crystals, demonstrate field enhancement and second harmonic generation from metallic nanotips and describe a novel nanometre-sized source of electron pulses. The rapid progress in this area offers exciting new prospects for probing and controlling electron dynamics in metallic nanostructures with femtosecond temporal and nanometre spatial resolution. © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.