Nanoscale-Femtosecond Imaging of Evanescent Surface Plasmons on Silver Film by Photon-Induced Near-Field Electron Microscopy

Fu, Xuewen; Sun, Zepeng; Ji, Shaozheng; Liu, Fang; Feng, Min; Yoo, Byung-Kuk; Zhu, Yimei

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04774

Title: Nanoscale-Femtosecond Imaging of Evanescent Surface Plasmons on Silver Film by Photon-Induced Near-Field Electron Microscopy

Journal Article · Mon Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04774· OSTI ID:1898605

^[1]; Sun, Zepeng ^[1]; Ji, Shaozheng ^[1]; Liu, Fang ^[1]; Feng, Min ^[1];

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Nankai Univ., Tianjin (China)
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.

Surface plasmons on silver nanostructures have a broad range of tunable resonance properties in visible and near-infrared regimes, which possess wide applications in nanophotonics and optoelectronics. Here, in this study, we use a femtosecond laser to excite surface plasmons on a silver film and trace the subsequent transient dynamics via photon-induced near-field electron microscopy (PINEM). A polarization experiment of PINEM demonstrates a conspicuous polarization dependence of the transient surface plasmon field on the silver film; however, unlike silver nanowires and nanorods, there is no polarization dependence for the PINEM intensity. This compelling finding suggests a thin film platform can be more easily used to identify the temporal and spatial overlaps between the pump laser and probe electron pulses in 4D ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM). Our work illustrates the femtosecond excitation and transient behavior of the surface plasmons on silver film and paves a universal, simple way for identifying the time zero in 4D UEM.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Key Research and Development Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; 2020YFA0309300; 11974191; 12127803; 20JCZDJC00560; 20JCJQJC00210; 91923139; 63213040; C029211101

OSTI ID:: 1898605

Report Number(s):: BNL-223686-2022-JAAM; TRN: US2310913

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Vol. 22, Issue 5; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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