Attosecond Experiments on Plasmonic Nanostructures : Principles and Experiments / by Johannes Schötz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schötz, Johannes., Author.

Series:

BestMasters, 2625-3577

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nanoscience.

Nanostructures.

Lasers.

Photonics.

Nanoscale Science and Technology.

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

Local Subjects:

Nanoscale Science and Technology.

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Johannes Schötz presents the first measurements of optical electro-magnetic near-fields around nanostructures with subcycle-resolution. The ability to measure and understand light-matter interactions on the nanoscale is an important component for the development of light-wave-electronics, the control and steering of electron dynamics with the frequency of light, which promises a speed-up by several orders of magnitude compared to conventional electronics. The experiments presented here on metallic nanotips, widely used in experiments and applications, do not only demonstrate the feasibility of attosecond streaking as a unique tool for fundamental studies of ultrafast nanophotonics but also represent a first important step towards this goal. Contents Electron Scattering in Solids Attosecond Streaking from Metal Nanotips Target Groups Lecturers and students of physics, especially in the area of nanophotonics and attosecond physics About the Author Johannes Schötz received his Master's degree in physics and currently works as a PhD student in the field of ultrafast nanophotonics at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics Garching.

Contents:

Preface; The Laboratory of Attosecond Physics (LAP); Contents; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical background; 2.1 Ultrashort Laserpulses; 2.2 Maxwell's equations; 2.3 Nanoplasmonics; 2.4 Mie Theory; 2.5 Attosecond streaking; 2.5.1 Fundamentals of attosecond streaking; 2.5.2 Attosecond streaking from solids; 3 Experimental methods and setup; 3.1 Generation of ultrashort laserpulses; 3.2 CEP-stabilization; 3.3 High-Harmonic Generation; 3.4 AS5-Beamline; 4 Electron scattering in solids; 4.1 Elastic Scattering; 4.2 Inelastic Scattering; 4.2.1 Kinematics of inelastic scattering

4.2.2 Theory4.2.3 Extension algorithms; 4.2.4 Energy Loss Function; 4.3 Surface Scattering; 4.4 Transmission; 4.5 Simulation for a plane surface; 5 Attosecond streaking from metal nanotips; 5.1 General characteristics of nanoplasmonic streaking; 5.2 Theoretical Modelling; 5.3 Experiments; 5.4 Analysis; 5.5 Suggestion for proof-of-principle experiment; 6 Conclusion and Outlook; Appendix A: Description of electron scattering; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-658-13713-4