Achermann, M.. (2008) Spectral Bandwidth and Phase Effects of Resonantly Excited Ultrafast Surface Plasmon Pulses. Applied Physics Letters, 93. ISSN 0003-6951
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Abstract
We report on the detailed analysis of femtosecond surface plasmon polariton (SPP) pulse generation under resonant excitation. Using prism coupling technique we excite femtosecond SPP pulses at a gold/air interface with ultrafast laser pulses. We show that the photon-SPP coupling is a resonant process with a finite spectral bandwidth that causes a spectral phase shift and a narrowing of the SPP pulse spectrum. Both effects result in a temporal pulse broadening and, therefore, set a lower limit on the duration of ultrafast SPP pulses with consequences for ultrafast SPP applications.
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| Additional Information: | Copyright (2008) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. |
| InterNano Taxonomy: | Nanomanufacturing Characterization Techniques |
| Collections: | Nanomanufacturing Research Collection |
| Depositing User: | Rebecca Reznik-Zellen |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2009 19:36 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2009 19:37 |
| URI: | http://eprints.internano.org/id/eprint/51 |
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