All-optical control of a single plasmonic nanoantenna–ITO hybrid
All-optical control of a single plasmonic nanoantenna–ITO hybrid
We demonstrate experimentally picosecond all-optical control of a single plasmonic nanoantenna embedded in indium tin oxide (ITO). We identify a picosecond response of the antenna–ITO hybrid system, which is distinctly different from transient bleaching observed for gold antennas on a nonconducting SiO2 substrate. Our experimental results can be explained by the large free-carrier nonlinearity of ITO, which is enhanced by plasmon-induced hot-electron injection from the gold nanoantenna into the conductive oxide. The combination of tunable antenna–ITO hybrids with nanoscale plasmonic energy transfer mechanisms, as demonstrated here, opens a path for new ultrafast devices to produce nanoplasmonic switching and control.
active, plasmonic, nanoantenna, hybrid nanostructures, nanophotonics
2457-2463
Abb, Martina
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Albella, Pablo
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Aizpurua, Javier
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Muskens, Otto L.
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May 2011
Abb, Martina
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Albella, Pablo
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Aizpurua, Javier
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Muskens, Otto L.
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Abb, Martina, Albella, Pablo, Aizpurua, Javier and Muskens, Otto L.
(2011)
All-optical control of a single plasmonic nanoantenna–ITO hybrid.
Nano Letters, 11 (6), .
(doi:10.1021/nl200901w).
Abstract
We demonstrate experimentally picosecond all-optical control of a single plasmonic nanoantenna embedded in indium tin oxide (ITO). We identify a picosecond response of the antenna–ITO hybrid system, which is distinctly different from transient bleaching observed for gold antennas on a nonconducting SiO2 substrate. Our experimental results can be explained by the large free-carrier nonlinearity of ITO, which is enhanced by plasmon-induced hot-electron injection from the gold nanoantenna into the conductive oxide. The combination of tunable antenna–ITO hybrids with nanoscale plasmonic energy transfer mechanisms, as demonstrated here, opens a path for new ultrafast devices to produce nanoplasmonic switching and control.
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Published date: May 2011
Keywords:
active, plasmonic, nanoantenna, hybrid nanostructures, nanophotonics
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Local EPrints ID: 190355
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/190355
ISSN: 1530-6984
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Martina Abb
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Pablo Albella
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Javier Aizpurua
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