• DocumentCode
    1769733
  • Title

    Momentum-resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (q-EELS) for quantum plasmonics and metamaterials

  • Author

    Shekhar, Prashant ; Gaind, Vaibhav ; Malac, Marek ; Egerton, Ray ; Jacob, Zubin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on experimental and theoretical results on EELS from 12nm single-crystal gold films. Our results show that momentum resolution of the electrons gives insight into signatures of non-locality and quantum nature of the excitations.
  • Keywords
    electron energy loss spectra; electron spectroscopy; gold; metamaterials; EELS; metamaterials; momentum resolution; momentum-resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy; nonlocality; quantum excitations; quantum plasmonics; single-crystal gold films; Dispersion; Energy loss; Films; Gold; Metamaterials; Optical surface waves; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988511