Title :
Controlled spatiotemporal plasmon excitation of silver nanoparticles with chirped optical pulses
Author :
Lee, Tae-Woo ; Gray, Stephen K.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Chem., Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA
Abstract :
Numerical studies of chirped optical pulses interacting with cone-shaped silver nanoparticles are discussed. We show how localized excitations on the nanoparticles can be generated and controlled in a spatiotemporal manner and discuss a potential application.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; finite difference time-domain analysis; high-speed optical techniques; nanoparticles; silver; spatiotemporal phenomena; surface plasmons; chirped optical pulse; cone-shaped silver nanoparticle; finite difference time domain simulation; localized excitation; spatiotemporal plasmon excitation; surface plasmon response; Chirp; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Nanoparticles; Optical control; Optical pulses; Plasmons; Silver; Spatiotemporal phenomena; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549045
