The present status and development of strong-field nano-optics, an emerging field of
nonlinear optics, is discussed. A nonperturbative regime of light-matter interactions is …

We review the application of ultrafast optical spectroscopy in the study of correlated electron
materials. The emphasis is on all-optical pump–probe and optical pump–far-infrared probe …

Irradiation of a metal with an ultrashort laser pulse leads to a disturbance of the free-electron
gas out of thermal equilibrium. We investigate theoretically the transient evolution of the …

When an ultrashort laser pulse irradiates a metal, energy is absorbed by the electron system
which is driven out of thermal equilibrium on a femtosecond time scale. Due to electron …

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 …

A physically transparent unified theory of optically-and plasmon-induced hot carrier
generation in metals is developed with all of the relevant mechanisms included. Analytical …

Laser ablation describes the interaction of intense optical fields with matter, in which atoms
are selectively driven off by thermal or nonthermal mechanisms. The field of laser ablation …

The well-known two-temperature model is a valuable tool to investigate ultrafast electron
dynamics, despite its inadequacy to describe the initial nonthermal carrier distribution …

The desorption of atoms or molecules from solid surfaces is a key step in heterogeneous
catalysis, photocatalysis, electrochemistry, and surface nanochemistry. The breaking of a …

Light emission by metals at room temperature is quenched by fast relaxation processes.
Nevertheless, Mooradian reported in 1969 the observation of photoluminescence by metals …