Resonant-Plasmon-Assisted Subwavelength Ablation by a Femtosecond Oscillator

Shi, Liping; Iwan, Bianca; Ripault, Quentin; Andrade, José R.  C.; Han, Seunghwoi; Kim, Hyunwoong; Boutu, Willem; Franz, Dominik; Nicolas, Rana; Heidenblut, Torsten; Reinhardt, Carsten; Bastiaens, Bert; Nagy, Tamas; Babuskin, Ihar; Morgner, Uwe; Kim, Seung-Woo; Steinmeyer, Günter; Merdji, Hamed; Kovačev, Milutin

doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.9.024001

Resonant-Plasmon-Assisted Subwavelength Ablation by a Femtosecond Oscillator

Journal Article · Fri Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Physical Review Applied

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.9.024001· OSTI ID:1424720

Shi, Liping ^[1]; Iwan, Bianca ^[2]; Ripault, Quentin ^[3]; Andrade, José R. C. ^[1]; Han, Seunghwoi ^[4]; Kim, Hyunwoong ^[4]; Boutu, Willem ^[3]; Franz, Dominik ^[3]; Nicolas, Rana ^[3]; Heidenblut, Torsten ^[5]; Reinhardt, Carsten ^[6]; Bastiaens, Bert ^[7]; Nagy, Tamas ^[8]; Babuskin, Ihar ^[9]; Morgner, Uwe ^[1]; Kim, Seung-Woo ^[4]; Steinmeyer, Günter ^[10]; Merdji, Hamed ^[3]; Kovačev, Milutin ^[1]

Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover (Germany). Inst. fur Quantenoptik; Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research (QUEST), Hannover (Germany)
Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover (Germany). Inst. fur Quantenoptik; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE)
Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover (Germany). Inst. fur Werkstoffkunde
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover (Germany); Hochschule Bremen City Univ. of Applied Sciences, Bremen (Germany)
Univ. of Twente, Enschede (Netherlands). Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics, MESA+Inst. for Nanotechnology
Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover (Germany). Inst. fur Quantenoptik; Laser-Laboratorium Gottingen e.V., Gottingen (Germany); Max-Born-Inst., Berlin (Germany)
eibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover (Germany). Inst. fur Quantenoptik; Max-Born-Inst., Berlin (Germany)
Max-Born-Inst., Berlin (Germany)

Here, we experimentally demonstrate the use of subwavelength optical nanoantennas to assist a direct nanoscale ablation using the ultralow fluence of a Ti:sapphire oscillator through the excitation of surface plasmon waves. The mechanism is attributed to nonthermal transient unbonding and electrostatic ablation, which is triggered by the surface plasmon-enhanced field electron emission and acceleration in vacuum. We show that the electron-driven ablation appears for both nanoscale metallic as well as dielectric materials. While the observed surface plasmon-enhanced local ablation may limit the applications of nanostructured surfaces in extreme nonlinear nanophotonics, it, nevertheless, also provides a method for nanomachining, manipulation, and modification of nanoscale materials. Lastly, collateral thermal damage to the antenna structure can be suitably avoided, and nonlinear conversion processes can be stabilized by a dielectric overcoating of the antenna.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: European Union (EU); German Research Foundation (DFG); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1424720

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Journal Name: Physical Review Applied Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 9; ISSN 2331-7019; ISSN PRAHB2

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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