Structural study of near-field ablation close to plasmon-resonant nanotriangles

Autor: Anton Plech, Paul Leiderer, Andreas Kolloch, Shyjumon Ibrahimkutty, Daniel Issenmann
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Laser Applications. 24:042015
ISSN: 1938-1387
1042-346X
DOI: 10.2351/1.4731304
Popis: The optical near fields in close vicinity to plasmonic nanoscale objects show a considerable enhancement of the electrical field and are localized to dimensions much less than the wavelength of light. The authors show that an ablation process caused by the near-field enhancement of femtosecond laser pulses pattern the substrate below gold nanotriangles is a way to image the near-field distribution with a resolution below 20 nm. The mechanism of ablation studied by pulsed x-ray scattering reveals the nonthermal nature of the process.
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