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Chin. Phys. B, 2021, Vol. 30(11): 114214    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac1b8d
Special Issue: SPECIAL TOPIC — Optical field manipulation
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Theory of multiphoton photoemission disclosing excited states in conduction band of individual TiO2 nanoparticles

Bochao Li(李博超), Hao Li(李浩), Chang Yang(杨畅), Boyu Ji(季博宇), Jingquan Lin(林景全), and Toshihisa Tomie(富江敏尚)
School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
Abstract  A theory of multiphoton photoemission is derived to explain the experimentally observed monotonic decrease with the wavelength in the electron yield of TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) by as large as four orders of magnitude. It is found that the fitting parameter corresponds to the energy position of Ti3d eg and t2g states, and the derived theory is a novel diagnostic of excited states in the conduction band, very importantly, applicable to individual NPs. The difference between four-photon slope NPs and three-photon slope NPs is attributed to the difference in defect density. The success of the theory in solving the puzzling result shows that thermal emission from high-lying levels may dominate over direct multiphoton ionization in solids when the photon number larger than four is required.
Keywords:  multiphoton photoemission      nanoparticles      thermal emission      TiO2  
Received:  20 June 2021      Revised:  25 July 2021      Accepted manuscript online:  07 August 2021
PACS:  42.50.Hz (Strong-field excitation of optical transitions in quantum systems; multiphoton processes; dynamic Stark shift)  
  42.65.Sf (Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems; optical instabilities, optical chaos and complexity, and optical spatio-temporal dynamics)  
  42.79.Ek (Solar collectors and concentrators)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91850109, 11474040, 61605017, and 61775021) and the “111” Project of China (Grant No. D17017).
Corresponding Authors:  Jingquan Lin, Toshihisa Tomie     E-mail:  linjinquan@cust.edu.cn;tomie@cust.edu.cn

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Bochao Li(李博超), Hao Li(李浩), Chang Yang(杨畅), Boyu Ji(季博宇), Jingquan Lin(林景全), and Toshihisa Tomie(富江敏尚) Theory of multiphoton photoemission disclosing excited states in conduction band of individual TiO2 nanoparticles 2021 Chin. Phys. B 30 114214

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