A metallic hot-carrier photovoltaic device by Dimmock, J, Kauer, M, Wu, J, Huiyun, L, Stavrinou, P, Ekins-Daukes, N

“…Using a multiple beam experiment, we further prove that these carriers arise from a hot electron population rather than via internal photoemission; a necessary requirement for high efficiency photovoltaic operation.…”

Fast electron propagation and energy deposition in laser shock compressed plasmas by Bernardinello, A, Batani, D, Masella, V, Hall, T, Ellwi, S, Koenig, M, Benuzzi, A, Krishnan, J, Pisani, F, Djaoui, A, Norreys, P, Neely, D, Rose, S, Key, M, Fews, P

“…The results show an increase of hot electron penetration in compressed matter with respect to an ordinary one. …”

All-optical switching in epsilon-near-zero asymmetric directional coupler by Yanhua Sha, Ze Tao Xie, Jiaye Wu, H. Y. Fu, Qian Li

“…The nonlinear optical properties the of ENZ layer are analyzed by hot-electron dynamics process, and the all-optical operating performance of the switch on the silicon nitride platform is investigated. …”
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Field emission at terahertz frequencies: AC-tunneling and ultrafast carrier dynamics by G Herink, L Wimmer, C Ropers

“…At intense NIR-excitation, the THz field emission is used as an ultrashort, local probe of hot electron dynamics in the apex. A first application of this scheme indicates a decreased carrier cooling rate in the confined tip geometry. …”
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Recent Progress on Metal-Enhanced Photocatalysis: A Review on the Mechanism by Ming Fang, Xiaoli Tan, Zhixin Liu, Baowei Hu, Xiangke Wang

“…We discussed the recent progress of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect and small size effect of metal nanoparticles on photocatalysis; in particular, we focus on elucidating the mechanism of energy transfer and hot electron injection/transfer effect of metal nanoparticles and clusters while as photocatalysts or as cophotocatalysts. …”
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BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE NANOSHEETS MODIFIED WITH AU-CU NANOPARTICLES FOR EFFICIENT PHOTOREDUCTION OF CO2 TO ETHANE by Xia Zou, Sisi Wang, Xingxing Zheng, Jun Yang

“…The AuCu nanoparticles played the dual role of electron traps and hot electron donors, facilitating efficient separation and migration of the carriers. …”
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Investigation of laser plasmas relevant to shock ignition at PALS by Nejdl, J, Kozlova, M, Sawicka, M, Margarone, D, Krus, M, Prokupek, J, Rus, B, Batani, D, Antonelli, L, Patria, A, Ciricosta, O, Cecchetti, C, Koester, P, Labate, L, Giulietti, A, Gizzi, L, Moretti, A, Richetta, M, Schurtz, G, Ribeyre, X, Lafon, M, Spindloe, C, O'Dell, T

“…The preliminary analysis of the measurements showed rather low energy transfer of the high-intensity pulse to back-scattered light (> 5%) and no traces of any significant hot electron production were found in the X-ray spectra. © 2011 SPIE.…”

Electron beam driven ion-acoustic solitary waves in plasmas with two kappa-distributed electrons by M. M. Hatami

“…It is shown that the soliton existence domain (Mach number limits) sensitively depends on temperature of ions, spectral index of cool electrons and concentration of hot electron species while spectral index of hot electrons, hot-to-cool electron temperature ratio and also concentration of electron beam do not considerably affect this domain. …”
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Analysis of All-Optical Generation of Graphene Surface Plasmons by a Frequency-Difference Process by Rui Dias, José C. Viana Gomes, Mikhail I. Vasilevskiy

“…In this work, we carefully calculate the relevant NL conductivities and show that, indeed, the experimental observations of the differential reflectance must have originated from physical processes beyond the coherent frequency-difference generation of SPs described by the density-matrix perturbation theory approach, presumably by hot-electron effects. We also suggest an alternative way of detecting optically generated SPs, which can be feasible at lower powers of the optical pulses. …”
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Investigation on laser absorption and x-ray radiation in microstructured titanium targets heated by short-pulse relativistic laser pulses by X. Pan, M. Šmíd, L. G. Huang, T. Kluge, V. Bagnoud, E. Brambrink, T. E. Cowan, J. Colgan, T. Ebert, D. Hartnagel, M. Hesse, J. Hornung, A. Kleinschmidt, P. Perez-Martin, A. Neukirch, K. Philipp, S. Sander, G. Schaumann, A. Tebartz, B. Zielbauer, M. Roth, K. Falk

“…The rapid heating of the bulk plasma might result in the premature shutdown of Kα emission before the thermalization of hot electrons or even the end of laser pulses, suggesting that the use of Kα emission as a diagnostic of the hot-electron yield or relaxation could lead to a misinterpretation.…”
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Nonlinear Photoluminescence from Patterned ITO Thin Films by Dell’Ova Florian, Malchow Konstantin, Pocholle Nicolas, Chassagon Rémi, Heintz Olivier, Colas des Francs Gérard, Dujardin Erik, Bouhelier Alexandre

“…We show that the arising of this nonlinear photoluminescence originates from the radiative decay of metal-like hot electron distribution in the material and is associated to a modification of the optical properties by the Ga ions.…”
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Sub-threshold ultrafast one-photon photoemission from a Cu(111) photocathode by L. A. Angeloni, I.-J. Shan, W. Andreas Schroeder

“…Spectral characterization of the quantum efficiency and mean transverse energy of the emitted electrons is shown to be consistent with emission from a thermalized hot electron distribution photoexcited on sub-picosecond time scales into an upper conduction band at the L-point of the Brillouin zone of copper. …”
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GaInNAs-based Hellish-vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifier for 1.3 μm operation by Hugues Maxime, Hopkinson Mark, Chaqmaqchee Faten, Mazzucato Simone, Oduncuoglu Murat, Balkan Naci, Sun Yun, Gunes Mustafa

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Hot electron light emission and lasing in semiconductor heterostructure (Hellish) devices are surface emitters the operation of which is based on the longitudinal injection of electrons and holes in the active region. …”
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Magnetic Field-Enhancing Photocatalytic Reaction in Micro Optofluidic Chip Reactor by Hung Ji Huang, Yen Han Wang, Yuan-Fong Chou Chau, Hai-Pang Chiang, Jeffrey Chi-Sheng Wu

“…Utilizing ethyl alcohol as a scavenger presented the difference between generated hot-hole (hVB+) and hot-electron (eCB−) pathways of photocatalytic reactions. …”
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Transport of energy by ultraintense laser-generated electrons in nail-wire targets by Ma, T, Key, M, Mason, R, Akli, K, Daskalova, R, Freeman, R, Green, J, Highbarger, K, Jaanimagi, P, King, J, Lancaster, K, Hatchett, S, MacKinnon, A, MacPhee, A, Norreys, P, Patel, P, Stephens, R, Theobald, W, Van Woerkom, L, Wei, MS, Wilks, S, Beg, F

“…The coupling efficiency to the wire was 3.3 ± 1.7% with an average hot electron temperature of 620 ± 125 keV. Extreme ultraviolet images (68 and 256 eV) indicate additional heating of a thin surface layer of the wire. …”

Laser-driven strong magnetostatic fields with applications to charged beam transport and magnetized high energy-density physics by Santos, J, Bailly-Grandvaux, M, Ehret, M, Arefiev, A, Batani, D, Beg, F, Calisti, A, Ferri, S, Florido, R, Forestier-Colleoni, P, Fujioka, S, Gigosos, M, Giuffrida, L, Gremillet, L, Honrubia, J, Kojima, S, Korneev, P, Law, K, Marques, J, Morace, A, Mosse, C, Peyrusse, O, Rose, S, Roth, M, Sakata, S, Suzuki-Vidal, F, Tikhonchuk, V, Toncian, T, Woolsey, N, Zhang, Z

“…The quasi-static currents are provided from hot electron ejection from the laser-irradiated surface. …”

Constraints on Dark Energy Models from Galaxy Clusters and Gravitational Lensing Data by Alexander Bonilla, Jairo E. Castillo

“…The Sunyaev–Zel’dovich (SZ) effect is a global distortion of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) spectrum as a result of its interaction with a hot electron plasma in the intracluster medium of large structures gravitationally viralized such as galaxy clusters (GC). …”
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Indirect Measurement of Electron Energy Relaxation Time at Room Temperature in Two-Dimensional Heterostructured Semiconductors by Algirdas Sužiedėlis, Steponas Ašmontas, Jonas Gradauskas, Aurimas Čerškus, Maksimas Anbinderis

“…We present a study of hot electron energy relaxation in different two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) structures and compare the measured values with regard to the dimensionality of the semiconductor formations. …”
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Multimode hybrid gold-silicon nanoantennas for tailored nanoscale optical confinement by McPolin Cillian P. T., Vila Yago N., Krasavin Alexey V., Llorca Jordi, Zayats Anatoly V.

“…Consequently, this architecture provides a flexible means of engineering nanoscale components with tailored optical modes and field confinement for a plethora of applications, including sensing, hot-electron photodetection and nanophotonics with cylindrical vector beams.…”
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Integrated calculations of short-pulse laser interactions with matter by N J Sircombe, S J Hughes, M G Ramsay

“…This integrated model is used to study the absorption and transport of short-pulse delivered energy in a solid diamond target, highlighting distinct differences between the integrated results and modelling which relies on an assumed hot electron spectrum. We extend this work to consider structured targets which show the promise of providing an additional element of control over target heating as well as presenting an opportunity to test the transport models employed. …”
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