Title :
Effect of phase-transforming medium on coherent electron dynamics in gold nanoantennas
Author :
Appavoo, Kannatassen ; Haglund, Richard F., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
We probed the coherent plasmon dephasing time (T2) in gold nanostructures while thermally modulating the surrounding VO2. Our findings indicate three distinct lifetimes corresponding to the insulating, metallic and one at the phase-transformation onset.
Keywords :
gold; metal-insulator transition; nanoparticles; plasmonics; vanadium compounds; Au; VO2; coherent electron dynamics; coherent plasmon dephasing time; gold nanoantennas; gold nanostructures; insulating onset; metallic onset; phase-transformation onset; phase-transforming medium; surrounding vanadium dioxide; thermal modulation; Gold; Nanoparticles; Optical interferometry; Plasmons; Temperature measurement; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4