Ultrafast charge transfer times of chemisorbed species from auger resonant raman studies

C. Keller, M. Stichler, G. Comelli, F. Esch, S. Lizzit, W. Wurth, D. Menzel

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Abstract

We demonstrate that high resolution autoionization studies for core excitations under Auger resonant Raman (ARR) conditions can be used to extract extremely fast charge transfer (CT) relaxation times for chemisorbed molecules on a metal surface. For the O1s and C1s bound resonances of CO on Ru(0001), ARR behavior is almost completely suppressed; from its small remnant detectable by its linear dispersion with photon energy, CT times below 1 fs can be determined. For CO on a Xe spacer, only dispersive Raman-type decay is seen; i.e., no CT occurs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1774-1777
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume80
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Feb 1998

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