We discuss the time scales for relaxation of excited electrons in transition—metals, ferromagnets like Ni, Co, and semiconductors like diamond, graphite. Ultrafast relaxation faster than ps may occur as a result of strong electron-electron interactions, while magnetoelastic forces controlling magnetic reorientation, domain dynamics, for example, involve relaxation times of the order of 100 ps or more.
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Bennemann, K.H. (2008). Non-Equilibrium Physics In Solids: Hot-Electron Relaxation. In: Bonča, J., Kruchinin, S. (eds) Electron Transport in Nanosystems. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9146-9_18
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