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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 1 — Jan. 2, 2012
  • pp: 220–227

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Second-harmonic generation from coupled plasmon modes in a single dimer of gold nanospheres

A. Slablab, L. Le Xuan, M. Zielinski, Y. de Wilde, V. Jacques, D. Chauvat, and J.-F. Roch  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 1, pp. 220-227 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.000220


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Abstract

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.

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OCIS Codes
(180.0180) Microscopy : Microscopy
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
(190.4180) Nonlinear optics : Multiphoton processes
(180.4315) Microscopy : Nonlinear microscopy
(250.5403) Optoelectronics : Plasmonics

ToC Category:
Microscopy

History
Original Manuscript: April 28, 2011
Revised Manuscript: August 2, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: August 5, 2011
Published: December 20, 2011

Virtual Issues
Vol. 7, Iss. 3 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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A. Slablab, L. Le Xuan, M. Zielinski, Y. de Wilde, V. Jacques, D. Chauvat, and J.-F. Roch, "Second-harmonic generation from coupled plasmon modes in a single dimer of gold nanospheres," Opt. Express 20, 220-227 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-1-220


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