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Ultrafast Carriers Dynamics in Silicon: A Joint Experimental and Theoretical Study

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Ultrafast Phenomena XIX

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We investigate the carriers dynamics in bulk silicon using pump-probe spectroscopy. The experimental results are compared with theoretical calculations which combine for the first time the non-equilibrium Green’s functions theory with ab initio methods.

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Futuro in Ricerca grant No. RBFR12SW0 J of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.

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Dal Conte, S., Sangalli, D., Marini, A., Cerullo, G., Manzoni, C. (2015). Ultrafast Carriers Dynamics in Silicon: A Joint Experimental and Theoretical Study. In: Yamanouchi, K., Cundiff, S., de Vivie-Riedle, R., Kuwata-Gonokami, M., DiMauro, L. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XIX. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 162. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13242-6_55

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