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This chapter focuses on the processes after the laser excitation and before the heat dissipation from the excited electron gas to the lattice by electron-phonon coupling. During this time period, rapid thermalization among electrons takes place, but the electronic system remains out of equilibrium with atomic vibrations (phonons) for some picoseconds. In this state, processes such as hot electron emission, Coulomb explosion, non-thermal melting, and non-thermal expansion due to hot electron pressure can occur until the electron-phonon equilibrium has been reached.
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Naghilou, A., Armbruster, O., Kautek, W. (2021). Laser-Induced Non-thermal Processes. In: Sugioka, K. (eds) Handbook of Laser Micro- and Nano-Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63647-0_63
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