Femtosecond dynamics of electronic excitations of adsorbates studied by two-photon photoemission pulse correlation: CO/Cu(111)

An equal pulse correlation technique based on angle-resolved two-photon photoemission is employed to investigate the lifetime of electronic excitations of an adsorbate on a single crystal metal surface. Photoemission from an occupied surface state on Cu(111) by a non-resonant two-photon process via...

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Published in:Chemical physics letters 1995-07, Vol.240 (5), p.409-416
Main Authors: Knoesel, E., Hertel, T., Wolf, M., Ertl, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:An equal pulse correlation technique based on angle-resolved two-photon photoemission is employed to investigate the lifetime of electronic excitations of an adsorbate on a single crystal metal surface. Photoemission from an occupied surface state on Cu(111) by a non-resonant two-photon process via the sp-band gap is used to characterize directly at the surface the width and shape of 65 fs laser pulses at a photon energy of hv = 3.4 eV. The 2PPE correlation technique allows the establishment of an upper limit of τ < 20 fs for the lifetime of the 2π ∗ resonance of CO adsorbed on Cu(111), whereas from the spectral width of the 2π ∗ level a lower limit of ≈1 fs is estimated.
ISSN:0009-2614
1873-4448
DOI:10.1016/0009-2614(95)00527-B