Data di Pubblicazione:
2015
Citazione:
Optical response and ultrafast carrier dynamics of the silicene-silver interface / E. Cinquanta, G. Fratesi, S. dal Conte, C. Grazianetti, F. Scotognella, S. Stagira, C. Vozzi, G. Onida, A. Molle. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - 92:16(2015 Oct 22), pp. 165427.1-165427.5. [10.1103/PhysRevB.92.165427]
Abstract:
We report a combined experimental and theoretical study of the optical response of epitaxial silicene on silver. The silicene/Ag(111) ultraviolet-visible absorption spectra, which turn out to be strongly nonadditive, are analyzed in the framework of ab initio calculations. Electronic transitions involving silver states are found to provide huge contributions to the optical absorption of silicene, compatible with a strong Si-Ag hybridization. The results are independent of the specific silicene configuration and are also worked out for thin amorphous silicon. This points to a dimensionality-driven peculiar dielectric response of the two-dimensional-silicon/silver interface, which is confirmed by means of transient-reflectance spectroscopy. The latter shows a metalliclike relaxation time, hence demonstrating the effects of the strong hybridization arising in silicene/Ag(111) systems on charge carriers dynamical properties.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
silicene; DFT; optical properties; ab-initio
Elenco autori:
E. Cinquanta, G. Fratesi, S. dal Conte, C. Grazianetti, F. Scotognella, S. Stagira, C. Vozzi, G. Onida, A. Molle
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