Title :
Surface and volume photoemission of hot electrons from plasmonic nanoantennas
Author :
Uskov, A.V. ; Protsenko, I.E. ; Ikhsanov, R.Sh. ; Babicheva, Viktoriia E. ; Zhukovsky, Sergei V. ; Lavrinenko, Andrei V. ; O´Reilly, E.P. ; Hongxing Xu
Author_Institution :
P.N. Lebedev Phys. Inst., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
We theoretically compare surface- and volume-based photoelectron emission from spherical nanoparticles, obtaining analytical expressions for the emission rate in both mechanisms. We show that the surface mechanism prevails, being unaffected by detrimental hot electron collisions.
Keywords :
hot carriers; nanoparticles; photoelectron spectra; plasmonics; surface plasmons; analytical expressions; detrimental hot electron collisions; plasmonic nanoantennas; spherical nanoparticles; surface mechanism; surface-volume-based photoelectron emission; Metals; Nanoparticles; Photodetectors; Photoelectricity; Photonics; Plasmons; Schottky barriers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
