Data di Pubblicazione:
2015
Citazione:
Luminescent tracks of high-energy photoemitted electrons accelerated by plasmonic fields / M. Di Vece, G. Giannakoudakis, A. Bjørkøy, W. Tang. - In: NANOPHOTONICS. - ISSN 2192-8614. - 4:1(2015), pp. 511-519. [10.1515/nanoph-2015-0029]
Abstract:
The emission of an electron from a metal nanostructure under illumination and its subsequent acceleration in a plasmonic field forms a platform to extend these phenomena to deposited nanoparticles, which can be studied by state-of-the-art confocal microscopy combined with femtosecond optical excitation. The emitted and accelerated electrons leave defect tracks in the immersion oil, which can be revealed by thermoluminescence. These photographic tracks are read out with the confocal microscope and have a maximum length of about 80 μm, which corresponds to a kinetic energy of about 100 keV. This energy is consistent with the energy provided by the intense laser pulse combined with plasmonic local field enhancement. The results are discussed within the context of the rescattering model by which electrons acquire more energy. The visualization of electron tracks originating from plasmonic field enhancement around a gold nanoparticle opens a new way to study with confocal microscopy both the plasmonic properties of metal nano objects as well as high energy electron interaction with matter.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
confocal microscopy; electron emission; femtosecond excitation; gold nanoparticle; luminescence; plasmonics; biotechnology; electrical and electronic engineering; electronic, optical and magnetic materials; atomic and molecular physics, and optics
Elenco autori:
M. Di Vece, G. Giannakoudakis, A. Bjørkøy, W. Tang
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