Lightfast optical current in dielectric by plasmonically induced local field

Seungchul Kim; Ojoon Kwon; Tae-Woo Lee

doi:10.1117/12.2061518

28 August 2014 Lightfast optical current in dielectric by plasmonically induced local field

Seungchul Kim, Ojoon Kwon, Tae-Woo Lee

Proceedings Volume 9170, Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices XI; 91701F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061518
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Recently, ultrafast strong field induced optical current in SiO₂dielectric medium has demonstrated. By foaming laser intensity more than 10¹³ W•cm^-2 in the dielectric material, the optical current was generated in a dielectric gap without any DC bias. This phenomenon is affected by the strength electric field of incident laser field and the generated electrons follow the speed of optical frequency enabling lightfast electronics in the future. In this study, we especially adopted nanoplasmonic field to trigger and control current flow in a nanometer spatial resolution. Nanoplasmonic field enables to manipulate light field in nanoscale domain. By using nanoplasmonic field, optically induced current flow can be selectively controlled by characteristic of nanoplasmonic nanostructure. For the first demonstration, saw tooth like 2-D nano Au pattern was numerically and experimentally investigated to boost up the laser intensity of incident 4.5 fs laser pulse with minimum field distortion and broadening. The intensity enhancement factor of plasmonic field at the saw tooth tip was ~40, enabling Wannier–Stark effect with incidence intensity level of only 10¹¹W•cm^-2 in the TiO₂ substrate. The carrier envelope phase of laser pulse is controlled to measure ultrafast optical current generation in dielectric medium by plasmonically induced strong near-field. This will be the basis for developing practical lightfast optical electronics in the future.

Citation Download Citation

Seungchul Kim, Ojoon Kwon, and Tae-Woo Lee "Lightfast optical current in dielectric by plasmonically induced local field", Proc. SPIE 9170, Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices XI, 91701F (28 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061518

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available