Title :
Spatio-temporal control of local plasmon on noble metal nano-structures by ultra-broad femtosecond laser excitation
Author :
Harada, Takuya ; Matsuishi, Keiichirou ; Sugiura, Noko ; Kannari, Fumihiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a new scheme to control spatio-temporal distribution of local plasmon generated on noble metal nano-structures by arbitrarily frequency chirped or polarization shaped ultra-broad femtosecond laser pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; nanostructured materials; optical control; plasmons; spatiotemporal phenomena; arbitrarily frequency chirped laser pulse; local plasmon generation; noble metal nanostructure; polarization shaped ultra-broad femtosecond laser pulse; spatio-temporal distribution control; ultra-broad femtosecond laser excitation; Chirp; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical control; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Plasmons; Polarization; Shape control; Ultrafast optics; Chirped laser pulse; FDTD; Local plasmon; Nano-structure;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292390
