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
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;
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
