Coherent multiphoton photoelectron emission from single au nanorods: The critical role of plasmonic electric near-field enhancement

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-99

  Grubisic, Andrej ^a   Schweikhard, Volker ^a   Baker, Thomas A ^a   Nesbitt, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Au nanorods; coherent multiphoton photoelectron emission; localized surface plasmon resonance; scanning photoionization microscopy; single particle dark field scattering; ultrafast excitation

Indexed keywords

AU NANORODS; DARK-FIELD; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MULTI-PHOTON PHOTOELECTRON EMISSION; ULTRAFAST EXCITATION;

COHERENT SCATTERING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLD DEPOSITS; LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOEMISSION; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIN;

GOLD;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; GOLD; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872863222     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305194n     Document Type: Article

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