Nonlinear electron scattering activated by surface plasmon excitation of Ag nanostructures

Details Nonlinear electron scattering activated by surface plasmon excitation of Ag nanostructures Nonlinear electron scattering activated by surface plasmon excitation of Ag nanostructures

2011-10-22

arxiv.org/abs/1110.4937v2

Physics

Atomic Physics

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The discovery of many fascinating new phenomena associated with the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) has triggered the rapid development of nanophotonics and nanoelectronics. We report here the experimental observation of a fundamentally new physical process, nonlinear electron scattering, stimulated by the SPP excitation of Ag nanostructures on graphite surface in scanning probe electron energy loss spectroscopy. The observed intensity of SPP energy loss peak normalized to the elastic scattering intensity shows clearly a quadratic dependence on the external electric field strength generated by the tip-sample bias. The strong coherent nature of the SPP has made the observation possible and a two-step scattering process is proposed to explain this novel nonlinear effect. Our findings shed new light on the nature of SPP and pave the way to new spectroscopic applications.

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