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Many ultrafast optical phenomena studied with pump-and-probe techniques occur on or below the time scale of microscopic vibrations and can therefore involve or even generate high-frequency phonons. Since most semiconductor structures currently studied with ultrafast optical methods are obtained with planar technologies and retain a quasi-2D character, surface phonons are actually to be considered. In the first two lectures the basic theory and fundamental aspects of surface phonons are introduced, with a summary description of the surface phonon dispersion curves for some relevant semiconductor crystal surfaces. In the third lecture some recent pump-and-probe investigations of ultrafast phenomena involving surface phonons on semiconductor as well as metal surfaces are briefly discussed.
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Benedek, G. (2002). Surface Phonons and their Role in Ultrafast Phenomena. In: Di Bartolo, B., Gambarota, G. (eds) Ultrafast Dynamics of Quantum Systems. NATO Science Series: B:, vol 372. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47080-2_8
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