Spectral interferometry combined with near-field scanning optical microscopy is applied in the spatiotemporal characterization of femtosecond plasmon localized at gold nanostructures and surface plasmon polariton in an air-gap waveguide. Based on the plasmon response function in both the amplitude and the phase obtained from the measurements, we deterministically tailored the femtosecond plasmon pulse by shaping the femtosecond excitation laser pulses.
Spatiotemporal nanofocusing of ultrafast surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) coupled on a metal Au tapered tip with a curvature radius of a few tens of nanometers is deterministically controlled based on the measured plasmon response function. We control the SPP pulse shape and the second harmonic generation at the apex of the Au tapered tip by shaping the excitation femtosecond laser pulses based on the response function. We also adapted a similar control scheme for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) and achieved selective CARS excitation of a single Raman mode of carbon nanotubes with only a single excitation laser pulse at the apex of the tip.
Based on a plasmon response function in both amplitude and phase measured by a spectral interferometry combined with a near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM), the femtosecond plasmon pulse at gold nanostructures is deterministically tailored.
Spatiotemporal nanofocusing of surface plasmon polariton excited by femtosecond laser pulses on a sharp conical Au tip with a tip edge radius of few tens of nanometers is deterministically controlled.
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