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Symmetry Breaking in Nanoparticles: Photogenerated Free Carrier‐Induced Symmetry Breaking in Spherical Silicon Nanoparticle (Advanced Optical Materials 7/2018)
Author(s) -
Rudenko Anton,
Ladutenko Konstantin,
Makarov Sergey,
Itina Tatiana E.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.201870027
Subject(s) - nanoparticle , materials science , symmetry breaking , symmetry (geometry) , plasma , silicon , circular symmetry , kinetic energy , laser , molecular physics , condensed matter physics , nanotechnology , optics , optoelectronics , classical mechanics , physics , quantum mechanics , geometry , mathematics
In article number 1701153 , Anton Rudenko and co‐workers propose a new case of symmetry breaking in a laser‐irradiated spherical silicon nanoparticle. Ultrashort laser interaction with the nanoparticle is theoretically investigated by using a self‐consistent approach, in which Maxwell's equations are coupled to kinetic electron–hole plasma equations. Different regimes of plasma density evolution are revealed depending both on the energy deposition and nanoparticle size.