Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2000-11-16
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
24 pages, 9 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B, Nov. 15, 2000, issue 20
Scientific paper
Experiments determining the lifetime of excited electrons in crystalline copper reveal states which cannot be interpreted as Bloch states [S. Ogawa {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. B {\bf 55}, 10869 (1997)]. In this article we propose a model which explains these states as transient excitonic states in metals. The physical background of transient excitons is the finite time a system needs to react to an external perturbation, in other words, the time which is needed to build up a polarization cloud. This process can be probed with modern ultra-short laser pulses. We calculate the time-dependent density-response function within the jellium model and for real Cu. From this knowledge it is possible within linear response theory to calculate the time needed to screen a positive charge distribution and -- on top of this -- to determine excitonic binding energies. Our results lead to the interpretation of the experimentally detected states as transient excitonic states.
Ekardt Walter
Sch{ö}ne Wolf-Dieter
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