Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2011-08-26
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
6 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
We show that a dimer made of two gold nanospheres exhibits a remarkable efficiency for second-harmonic generation under femtosecond optical excitation. The detectable nonlinear emission for the given particle size and excitation wavelength arises when the two nanoparticles are as close as possible to contact, as in situ controlled and measured using the tip of an atomic force microscope. The excitation wavelength dependence of the second-harmonic signal supports a coupled plasmon resonance origin with radiation from the dimer gap. This nanometer-size light source might be used for high-resolution near-field optical microscopy.
Chauvat Dominique
Jacques Vincent
Roch Jean-Francois
Slablab A.
Wilde Yannick de
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