• DocumentCode
    2260457
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951473
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2260457