Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 15, Issue 11, Pages 7657-7665Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03610
Keywords
Plasmon wave packet; near-field optical microscopy; ultrafast dynamics; nanoscale
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [22225002, 25810013, 24350014, 2510971, 15H02161]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Japan [2606, 26107003]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22225002, 25810013, 26107003, 15H02161] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The generation and dynamics of plasmon wave packets in single gold nanorods were observed at a spatiotemporal scale of 100 nm and 10 fs via time-resolved near-field optical microscopy. Following simultaneous excitation of two plasmon modes of a nanorod with an ultrashort near-field pulse, a decay and revival feature of the time-resolved signal was obtained, which reflected the reciprocating motion of the wave packet. The time-resolved near-field images were also indicative of the wave packet motion. At some period of time after the excitation, the spatial features of the two modes appeared alternately, showing motion of plasmonic wave crests along the rod. The wave packet propagation was clearly demonstrated from this observation with the aid of a simulation model. The present experimental scheme opens the door to coherent control of plasmon-induced optical fields in a nanometer spatial scale and femtosecond temporal scale.
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