Title :
Multi-photon autocorrelation in gold nanostructures
Author :
Brida, D. ; Biagioni, P. ; Huang, J.-S. ; Kern, J. ; Duò, L. ; Hecht, B. ; Finazzi, M. ; Cerullo, G.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Fis., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
We performed interferometric autocorrelation of ultrashort laser pulses using the multiphoton photoluminescence of gold nanostructures. We observe an incoherent contribution with a decay constant related to electron cooling in the conduction band.
Keywords :
conduction bands; gold; high-speed optical techniques; interferometry; multiphoton spectra; nanostructured materials; photoluminescence; Au; conduction band; decay constant; electron cooling; gold nanostructures; incoherent contribution; interferometric autocorrelation; multiphoton autocorrelation; multiphoton photoluminescence; ultrashort laser pulses; Absorption; Correlation; Gold; Nanoparticles; Optical interferometry; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4