Surface plasmons respond strongly to electric fields and generate energetic (hot) charge
carriers that can be used in optoelectronic devices. However, utilization of hot carriers has to …

Integrated nanophotonics is an emerging research direction that has attracted great interests
for technologies ranging from classical to quantum computing. One of the key-components …

Light–matter interactions that induce charge and energy transfer across interfaces form the
foundation for photocatalysis,, energy harvesting and photodetection, among other …

Measuring the thermal conductivity of sub-surface buried substrates is of significant practical
interests. However, this remains challenging with traditional pump–probe spectroscopies …

Thermoreflectance techniques, namely, time-and frequency-domain thermoreflectance
(TDTR and FDTR, respectively), are ubiquitously used for the thermophysical …

A high resolution spatiotemporal ultrafast pump–probe system is developed to examine the
interactions and transport phenomena between the electrical and the lattice thermal …

The detailed understanding of energy transfer between hot electrons and lattice vibrations at
non-cryogenic temperatures relies primarily upon the interpretation of ultrafast pump–probe …

Understanding the effects and limitations of solid/liquid interfaces on energy transport is
crucial to applications ranging from nanoscale thermal engineering to chemical synthesis …

Vanadium oxide (VO2) is an exotic phase-change material with diverse applications ranging
from thermochromic smart windows to thermal sensors, neuromorphic computing, and …

Plasmas are an indispensable materials engineering tool due to their unique ability to
deliver a flux of species and energy to a surface. This energy flux serves to heat the surface …