Interband transitions are more efficient than plasmonic excitations for ultrafast melting!

Have a look to our recent paper where we show how reshaping of metallic nanoparticles happens at lower power when exciting at interband wavelengths, despite the lower absorption cross section!

Interband Transitions Are More Efficient Than Plasmonic Excitation in the Ultrafast Melting of Electromagnetically Coupled Au Nanoparticles – J. Phys. Chem. C20191232716943-16950