Mapping surface plasmon polariton propagation via counter-propagating light pulses

Christoph Lemke; Till Leißner; Stephan Jauernik; Alwin Klick; Jacek Fiutowski; Jakob Kjelstrup-Hansen; Horst-Günter Rubahn; Michael Bauer

doi:10.1364/OE.20.012877

Mapping surface plasmon polariton propagation via counter-propagating light pulses

Christoph Lemke, Till Leißner, Stephan Jauernik, Alwin Klick, Jacek Fiutowski, Jakob Kjelstrup-Hansen, Horst-Günter Rubahn, and Michael Bauer

Optics Express
Vol. 20,
Issue 12,
pp. 12877-12884
(2012)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.012877

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Christoph Lemke, Till Leißner, Stephan Jauernik, Alwin Klick, Jacek Fiutowski, Jakob Kjelstrup-Hansen, Horst-Günter Rubahn, and Michael Bauer, "Mapping surface plasmon polariton propagation via counter-propagating light pulses," Opt. Express 20, 12877-12884 (2012)

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- Original Manuscript: March 23, 2012
- Revised Manuscript: April 13, 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: April 16, 2012
- Published: May 23, 2012

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Abstract

In an interferometric time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy (ITR-PEEM) experiment, the near-field associated with surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) can be locally sensed via interference with ultrashort laser pulses. Here, we present ITR-PEEM data of SPP propagation at a gold vacuum interface recorded in a counter-propagating pump-probe geometry. In comparison to former work this approach provides a very intuitive real-time access to the SPP wave packet. The quantitative analysis of the PEEM data enables us to determine in a rather direct manner the propagation characteristics of the SPP.

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[Crossref]

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2005 (1)

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[Crossref]

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2001 (1)

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[Crossref]

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Andreyev, O.

Asakawa, K.

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[Crossref]

Aussenegg, F. R.

Balistreri, M. L. M.

M. L. M. Balistreri, H. Gersen, J. P. Korterik, L. Kuipers, and N. F. van Hulst, “Tracking femtosecond laser pulses in space and time,” Science 294(5544), 1080–1082 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bauer, M.

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[Crossref]

Bayer, D.

Bogaerts, W.

Bourhis, E.

Chelaru, L.

F. Meyer zu Heringdorf, L. Chelaru, S. Mollenbeck, D. Thien, and M. Horn von Hoegen, “Femtosecond photoemission microscopy,” Surf. Sci. 601(20), 4700–4705 (2007).
[Crossref]

Christy, R. W.

P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constants of the noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972).
[Crossref]

Devaux, E.

Dintinger, J.

Ditlbacher, H.

Ebbesen, T. W.

Engelen, R. J. P.

R. J. P. Engelen, Y. Sugimoto, H. Gersen, N. Ikeda, K. Asakawa, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast evolution of photonic eigenstates in k-space,” Nat. Phys. 3(6), 401–405 (2007).
[Crossref]

Fecher, G. H.

Felidj, N.

Frömter, R.

Gersen, H.

R. J. P. Engelen, Y. Sugimoto, H. Gersen, N. Ikeda, K. Asakawa, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast evolution of photonic eigenstates in k-space,” Nat. Phys. 3(6), 401–405 (2007).
[Crossref]

M. L. M. Balistreri, H. Gersen, J. P. Korterik, L. Kuipers, and N. F. van Hulst, “Tracking femtosecond laser pulses in space and time,” Science 294(5544), 1080–1082 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Gierak, J.

Grzelakowski, K.

Halas, N. J.

N. J. Halas, “Plasmonics: an emerging field fostered by nano letters,” Nano Lett. 10(10), 3816–3822 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Horn von Hoegen, M.

F. Meyer zu Heringdorf, L. Chelaru, S. Mollenbeck, D. Thien, and M. Horn von Hoegen, “Femtosecond photoemission microscopy,” Surf. Sci. 601(20), 4700–4705 (2007).
[Crossref]

Hugonin, J. P.

P. Lalanne, J. P. Hugonin, H. T. Liu, and B. Wang, “A microscopic view of the electromagnetic properties of sub-lambda metallic surfaces,” Surf. Sci. Rep. 64(10), 453–469 (2009).
[Crossref]

Ikeda, N.

R. J. P. Engelen, Y. Sugimoto, H. Gersen, N. Ikeda, K. Asakawa, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast evolution of photonic eigenstates in k-space,” Nat. Phys. 3(6), 401–405 (2007).
[Crossref]

Jauernik, S.

Johnson, P. B.

P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constants of the noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972).
[Crossref]

Karle, T. J.

Kirschner, J.

Kjelstrup-Hansen, J.

Korterik, J. P.

M. L. M. Balistreri, H. Gersen, J. P. Korterik, L. Kuipers, and N. F. van Hulst, “Tracking femtosecond laser pulses in space and time,” Science 294(5544), 1080–1082 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Krauss, T. F.

Krenn, J. R.

Kubo, A.

L. Zhang, A. Kubo, L. Wang, H. Petek, and T. Seideman, “Imaging of surface plasmon polariton fields excited at a nanometer-scale slit,” Phys. Rev. B 84(24), 245442 (2011).
[Crossref]

Kuipers, L.

R. J. P. Engelen, Y. Sugimoto, H. Gersen, N. Ikeda, K. Asakawa, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast evolution of photonic eigenstates in k-space,” Nat. Phys. 3(6), 401–405 (2007).
[Crossref]

M. L. M. Balistreri, H. Gersen, J. P. Korterik, L. Kuipers, and N. F. van Hulst, “Tracking femtosecond laser pulses in space and time,” Science 294(5544), 1080–1082 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Lalanne, P.

P. Lalanne, J. P. Hugonin, H. T. Liu, and B. Wang, “A microscopic view of the electromagnetic properties of sub-lambda metallic surfaces,” Surf. Sci. Rep. 64(10), 453–469 (2009).
[Crossref]

Lamprecht, B.

Lange, J.

Leißner, T.

Leitner, A.

Lemke, C.

Liu, H. T.

P. Lalanne, J. P. Hugonin, H. T. Liu, and B. Wang, “A microscopic view of the electromagnetic properties of sub-lambda metallic surfaces,” Surf. Sci. Rep. 64(10), 453–469 (2009).
[Crossref]

M. Schneider, C.

Meyer zu Heringdorf, F.

F. Meyer zu Heringdorf, L. Chelaru, S. Mollenbeck, D. Thien, and M. Horn von Hoegen, “Femtosecond photoemission microscopy,” Surf. Sci. 601(20), 4700–4705 (2007).
[Crossref]

Mollenbeck, S.

F. Meyer zu Heringdorf, L. Chelaru, S. Mollenbeck, D. Thien, and M. Horn von Hoegen, “Femtosecond photoemission microscopy,” Surf. Sci. 601(20), 4700–4705 (2007).
[Crossref]

Oepen, H. P.

Ozbay, E.

E. Ozbay, “Plasmonics: merging photonics and electronics at nanoscale dimensions,” Science 311(5758), 189–193 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Petek, H.

L. Zhang, A. Kubo, L. Wang, H. Petek, and T. Seideman, “Imaging of surface plasmon polariton fields excited at a nanometer-scale slit,” Phys. Rev. B 84(24), 245442 (2011).
[Crossref]

Pontius, N.

Porath, R.

Rohmer, M.

Rubahn, H.-G.

Salerno, M.

Scharte, M.

Schider, G.

Schmidt, O.

Schönhense, G.

Seideman, T.

L. Zhang, A. Kubo, L. Wang, H. Petek, and T. Seideman, “Imaging of surface plasmon polariton fields excited at a nanometer-scale slit,” Phys. Rev. B 84(24), 245442 (2011).
[Crossref]

Sugimoto, Y.

R. J. P. Engelen, Y. Sugimoto, H. Gersen, N. Ikeda, K. Asakawa, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast evolution of photonic eigenstates in k-space,” Nat. Phys. 3(6), 401–405 (2007).
[Crossref]

Swiech, W.

Temnov, V. V.

Thien, D.

F. Meyer zu Heringdorf, L. Chelaru, S. Mollenbeck, D. Thien, and M. Horn von Hoegen, “Femtosecond photoemission microscopy,” Surf. Sci. 601(20), 4700–4705 (2007).
[Crossref]

Thilsing-Hansen, K.

Ulm, M. H.

M. U. Wehner, M. H. Ulm, and M. Wegener, “Scanning interferometer stabilized by use of Pancharatnam’s phase,” Opt. Lett. 22(19), 1455–1457 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

van Hulst, N. F.

M. L. M. Balistreri, H. Gersen, J. P. Korterik, L. Kuipers, and N. F. van Hulst, “Tracking femtosecond laser pulses in space and time,” Science 294(5544), 1080–1082 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Wang, B.

P. Lalanne, J. P. Hugonin, H. T. Liu, and B. Wang, “A microscopic view of the electromagnetic properties of sub-lambda metallic surfaces,” Surf. Sci. Rep. 64(10), 453–469 (2009).
[Crossref]

Wang, L.

L. Zhang, A. Kubo, L. Wang, H. Petek, and T. Seideman, “Imaging of surface plasmon polariton fields excited at a nanometer-scale slit,” Phys. Rev. B 84(24), 245442 (2011).
[Crossref]

Wegener, M.

M. U. Wehner, M. H. Ulm, and M. Wegener, “Scanning interferometer stabilized by use of Pancharatnam’s phase,” Opt. Lett. 22(19), 1455–1457 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Wehner, M. U.

M. U. Wehner, M. H. Ulm, and M. Wegener, “Scanning interferometer stabilized by use of Pancharatnam’s phase,” Opt. Lett. 22(19), 1455–1457 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Wiemann, C.

Woggon, U.

Zhang, L.

L. Zhang, A. Kubo, L. Wang, H. Petek, and T. Seideman, “Imaging of surface plasmon polariton fields excited at a nanometer-scale slit,” Phys. Rev. B 84(24), 245442 (2011).
[Crossref]

Ziethen, C.

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N. J. Halas, “Plasmonics: an emerging field fostered by nano letters,” Nano Lett. 10(10), 3816–3822 (2010).
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R. J. P. Engelen, Y. Sugimoto, H. Gersen, N. Ikeda, K. Asakawa, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast evolution of photonic eigenstates in k-space,” Nat. Phys. 3(6), 401–405 (2007).
[Crossref]

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M. U. Wehner, M. H. Ulm, and M. Wegener, “Scanning interferometer stabilized by use of Pancharatnam’s phase,” Opt. Lett. 22(19), 1455–1457 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constants of the noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972).
[Crossref]

L. Zhang, A. Kubo, L. Wang, H. Petek, and T. Seideman, “Imaging of surface plasmon polariton fields excited at a nanometer-scale slit,” Phys. Rev. B 84(24), 245442 (2011).
[Crossref]

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M. L. M. Balistreri, H. Gersen, J. P. Korterik, L. Kuipers, and N. F. van Hulst, “Tracking femtosecond laser pulses in space and time,” Science 294(5544), 1080–1082 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

E. Ozbay, “Plasmonics: merging photonics and electronics at nanoscale dimensions,” Science 311(5758), 189–193 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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F. Meyer zu Heringdorf, L. Chelaru, S. Mollenbeck, D. Thien, and M. Horn von Hoegen, “Femtosecond photoemission microscopy,” Surf. Sci. 601(20), 4700–4705 (2007).
[Crossref]

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P. Lalanne, J. P. Hugonin, H. T. Liu, and B. Wang, “A microscopic view of the electromagnetic properties of sub-lambda metallic surfaces,” Surf. Sci. Rep. 64(10), 453–469 (2009).
[Crossref]

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Fig. 1 Comparison of co-propagation (left) and counter-propagation (right) PEEM detection of SPP wave packet propagation; (a),(b) scheme of the co-propagation (counter-propagation) detection mode: SPP and probing laser pulse are propagating in the same (opposite) direction; (c) co-propagation PEEM data of SPP propagation along a planar gold surface for temporal excitation-probe delays of 0 fs and 40 fs; (d) corresponding data for the counter-propagating PEEM imaging mode; (e), (f) scheme of the gold structures as used for the PEEM experiments shown in (c) and (d);

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Fig. 2 (a) Delay-path diagram of SPP propagating at the gold-vacuum interface deduced from the ITR-PEEM measurements, (b) corresponding delay-path diagram as deduced from an analytic simulation (c) delay-path diagram of SPP propagating at the gold-p6P interface; note that in the latter case the second SPP wave packet excited at the left hand edge of the gold bar is not observable; the green dashed line in the graph marks a trace along an interference maximum; the red dashed line follows the envelope maximum of the SPP-laser superposition signal.

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Fig. 3 (a) signal envelope of the laser-SPP superposition pattern for different temporal delays between 65 fs and 120 fs; for better illustration, the signals have been normalized to the envelope maxima; the full lines show Gaussian fits to the data to determine the position x_g of the envelope maxima; (b) shows a plot of x_g versus τ inclusive linear fit.

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\frac{τ}{x_{p}} = (\frac{\sin (θ)}{c_{V a c}} + \frac{1}{v_{p, S P P}})

\frac{τ}{x_{g}} = (\frac{\sin (θ)}{c_{V a c}} + \frac{1}{v_{g, S P P}})