Coherence and de-coherence in the Time-Resolved ARPES of realistic materials: an ab-initio perspective

DOI10.1016/J.ELSPEC.2022.147189arXiv2108.10598MaRDI QIDQ6375907FDOQ6375907

Authors: Andrea Marini, Enrico Perfetto, Gianluca Stefanucci 

Publication date: 24 August 2021

Abstract: Coherence and de-coherence are the most fundamental steps that follow the initial photo-excitation occurring in typical Pump&Probe experiments. Indeed, the initial external laser pulse transfers coherence to the system in terms of creation of multiple electron-hole pairs excitation. The excitation concurs both to the creation of a finite carriers density and to the appearance of induced electromagnetic fields. The two effects, to a very first approximation, can be connected to the simple concepts of populations and oscillations. The dynamics of the system following the initial photo-excitation is, thus, entirely dictated by the interplay between coherence and de-coherence. This interplay and the de-coherence process itself, is due to the correlation effects stimulated by the photo-excitation. Single-particle, like the electron-phonon, and two-particles, like the electron-electron, scattering processes induce a complex dynamics of the electrons that, in turn, makes the description of the correlated and photo-excited system in terms of pure excitonic and/or carriers populations challenging.

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