• DocumentCode
    3598517
  • Title

    Femtosecond surface plasmon interferometry with gold nanostructures

  • Author

    Temnov, Vasily V. ; Nelson, Keith ; Armelles, Gaspar ; Cebollada, Alfonso ; Thomay, Tim ; Leitenstorfer, Alfred ; Bratschitsch, Rudolf

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Chem., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We measure the ultrafast electron dynamics in gold via ultrafast surface plasmon interferometry. A new plasmonic microinterferometer with tilted slit-groove pair is used to unambiguously determine changes of real and imaginary parts of the dielectric function.
  • Keywords
    dielectric function; gold; high-speed optical techniques; light interferometry; metallic thin films; nanostructured materials; surface plasmons; Au; dielectric function; gold nanostructures; plasmonic microinterferometer; surface plasmon interferometry; tilted slit-groove pair; ultrafast electron dynamics; Dielectrics; Electrons; Gold; Nanostructures; Optical interferometry; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Probes; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics; 240.6680; 320.2250;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5226074