Ultrafast spatiotemporal relaxation dynamics of excited electrons in a metal nanostructure detected by femtosecond-SNOM

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 14232-14237

  Li, Zni ^a   Yue, Song ^a   Chen, Jianjun ^a   Gong, Qihuang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EXCITED ELECTRONS; FEMTOSECONDS; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; PUMP-PROBE CONFIGURATION; PUMP-PROBE SIGNALS; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL EVOLVEMENT; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TIME-SCALES; TWO-COLOR; ULTRA-FAST;

PUMPS;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77953840616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.014232     Document Type: Article

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