Correlation-driven attosecond photoemission delay in the plasmonic excitation of C60 fullerene

Biswas, Shubhadeep

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Correlation-driven attosecond photoemission delay in the plasmonic excitation of C60 fullerene

Journal Article · Thu Jan 30 23:00:00 EST 2025 · Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ads0494· OSTI ID:2497792

Biswas, Shubhadeep ^[1]

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS); SLAC

Extreme light confinement in plasmonic nanosystems enables novel applications in photonics, sensor technology, energy harvesting, biology, and quantum information processing. Fullerenes represent an extreme case for nanoplasmonics: they are sub-nanometer carbon- based molecules showing high-energy and ultrabroad plasmon resonances, however the fundamental mechanisms driving the plasmonic response and the corresponding collective electron dynamics are still elusive. Here, we uncover the dominant role of electron correlations in the dynamics of the giant plasmon resonance (GPR) of the sub-nanometer system C60 by employing attosecond photoemission chronoscopy. We find a characteristic photoemission delay of up to about 300 attoseconds that is purely induced by coherent large-scale electron correlations in the plasmonic potential. These results provide novel insights into the nature of the plasmon resonances in sub-nanometer systems and open new perspectives for advancing nanoplasmonic applications.

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