Plasmonics is a revolutionary concept in nanophotonics that combines the properties of both
photonics and electronics by confining light energy to a nanometer-scale oscillating field of …

The paper reviews physical concepts related to the collective dynamics of plasmon
excitations in metal nanocrystals with a focus on the photogeneration of energetic carriers …

We investigate theoretically the effects of generation and injection of plasmonic carriers from
an optically excited metal nanocrystal to a semiconductor contact or to surface molecules …

The evolution of non-equilibrium carriers excited in the process of decay of surface plasmon
polaritons (SPPs) in metal is described for each step–from the generation of carriers to their …

We investigate theoretically photogeneration of excited carriers in plasmonic nanocrystals.
The theory is based on the solution of the quantum equation of motion for the density matrix …

We show that electric field confinement in surface plasmon polaritons propagating at
metal/dielectric interfaces enhances the loss due to Landau dam**, which effectively limits …

We develop a quantum kinetic theory of the dynamic response of typical noble metals. Our
approach is based on the density functional theory (DFT) and incorporates new important …

Light absorption near a surface of conductive materials and nanostructures leads to the
excitation of nonequilibrium, high-energy charge carriers: electrons above the Fermi level or …

This study is devoted to analysis by the method of modeling photoelectric processes of
charge transfer in thin silicon structures with ap–n junction containing nanoparticles of …

Hot electrons generated in metallic nanostructures have shown promising perspectives for
photodetection. This has prompted efforts to enhance the absorption of photons by metals …