Plasmonic pulse shaping and velocity control via photoexcitation of electrons in a gold film

Authors

Nikola E. Khokhlov, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Daria O. Ignatyeva, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Vladimir I. Belotelov, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Journal Article

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Faculty

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School

Electron Science Research Institute

RAS ID

19317

Comments

Khokhlov N.E., Ignatyeva D.O., Belotelov V.I. (2014). Plasmonic pulse shaping and velocity control via photoexcitation of electrons in a gold film. Optics Express, 22(23), 28019-28026. Available here

Abstract

We study the possibility of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) pulse shape, delay and duration manipulation on sub-picosecond timescales via a high intensity pump SPP pulse photoexciting electrons in a gold film. We present a theoretical model describing this process and show that the pump induces the phase modulation of the probe pulse leading to its compression by about 20% and the variation of the delay between two SPP pulses up to 15 fs for the incident fluence of the pump of 1.5 mJ·cm-2.

DOI

10.1364/OE.22.028019

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