Direct imaging of the near field and dynamics of surface plasmon resonance on gold nanostructures using photoemission electron microscopy

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue DECEMBER, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Quan ^a   Ueno, Kosei ^a,b   Yu, Han ^a   Kubo, Atsushi ^c   Matsuo, Yasutaka ^a   Misawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Local field enhancement; Near field imaging; Photoemission electron microscopy; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891771021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2013.74     Document Type: Article

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