Browsing by Author "Gong, Qihuang"

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Control of plasmon dephasing time using stacked nanogap gold structures for strong near-field enhancement
(2019-03-01)
Ueno, Kosei
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Yang, Jinghuan
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Sun, Quan
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Aoyo, Daisuke
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Yu, Han
The construction of metallic nanostructures with strong near-field enhancement is becoming increasingly significant for the practical use of plasmonic devices, such as plasmonic sensors and light-energy conversion systems. Importantly, the near-field enhancement effect depends on the plasmon dephasing time. Here, we propose a method for controlling plasmon dephasing time by utilizing plasmonic coupling for stronger near-field enhancement. Ordered arrays of stacked nanogap gold (Au) structures composed of a metal/insulator/metal nanostructure were fabricated by electron beam lithography and dry etching processes on a niobium-doped titanium dioxide substrate. The dark plasmon mode was excited by the near-field coupling between the upper and lower Au nanostructures separated by an alumina layer with a thickness of 15 nm. A strong near-field enhancement effect was induced by the localization of the electromagnetic field between the upper and lower Au nanostructures and the longer plasmon dephasing time based on the excitation of the dark plasmon mode. It is noteworthy that the dephasing time of the dark plasmon mode measured by time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy was extended 3-fold compared with that of the plasmon mode of the Au nanoblock, which can be controlled by the structural design of the stacked nanogap Au structures. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Correlation between Near-Field Enhancement and Dephasing Time in Plasmonic Dimers
(2020-04-24)
Li, Yaolong
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Sun, Quan
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Zu, Shuai
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Shi, Xu
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Liu, Yunquan
Near-field enhancement and dephasing time play critical roles in several applications of localized surface plasmon resonance. Here, using an example gold dimer system, we reveal the correlation between the near-field enhancement and dephasing time via time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy. Compared with isolated particles, dimers with small gap sizes show stronger near-field enhancement and shorter dephasing times. These results are well reproduced by numerical simulations and further explained by a coupled dipole approximation model. The roles of near- and far-field coupling and plasmon localization in balancing near-field enhancement and dephasing time are also unveiled.
Engineering Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics at the Graphene/GaAs Interface by Bulk Doping Level
(2019-10-01)
Yang, Jinghuan
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Sun, Quan
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Liu, Wei
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Zhang, Zhibin
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Hu, Xiaoyong
Carrier dynamics, the most fundamental process in electronics and optoelectronics, has drawn great attentions owing to its crucial role in property engineering of materials. Exploration and regulation of carrier dynamics are essential for designing devices with specific functions and optimizing their performances. However, the lack of conventional tools with simultaneous ultrafast temporal and ultrasmall spatial resolution has impeded direct observation and manipulation of carrier dynamics at both the femtosecond and nanometer scale. In this study, the direct observation and modulation of ultrafast carrier dynamics at the graphene/gallium arsenide (GaAs) interface is achieved by tuning the doping level of bulk GaAs. This successful characterization is performed using advanced in situ photoemission electron microscopy combined with the ultrafast pump-probe technique. It is found that a change in the doping level in GaAs can change its band bending and switch the hot-carrier transfer direction at the graphene/GaAs interface with a lifetime reduction of nearly six times. This work paves the way of engineering ultrafast carrier dynamics at 2D interfaces by modifying the 3D bulk properties, and also provides a platform for fundamental studies of ultrafast physics with high spatial resolution.
Exotic Mode Suppression in Plasmonic Heterotrimer System
(2019-01-17)
Song, Hanfa
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Sun, Quan
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Li, Jie
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Yang, Fan
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Yang, Jinghuan
We investigate the far- and near-field properties of plasmonic heterotrimers with small detuning of the eigenfrequency numerically, theoretically, and experimentally. In our simulations, we find that the dipolar mode of the middle nanorod in the trimer system is greatly suppressed in both far and near fields. This phenomenon is confirmed by our subsequent experiments. The far-field suppression can be interpreted by the destructive interference due to the antiphase dipolar response of the respective nanorod. To deeply understand the underlying physics, an analytical model considering both the near-field-mediated direct coupling and radiative-field-mediated indirect coupling is adopted. We determine that the radiative field coupling, which is stronger in the trimer system with a smaller detuning, plays an essential role in mode suppression in the near field. Our work will provide new thoughts on the fundamental mechanisms of plasmon coupling and plasmon-based applications.
Near-field spectral properties of coupled plasmonic nanoparticle arrays
(2017-03-20)
Yu, Han
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Sun, Quan
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Yang, Jinghuan
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Ueno, Kosei
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Oshikiri, Tomoya
We investigated the grating effect in complex gold dolmen structures, in which multiple plasmon modes are present due to plasmon hybridization, experimentally from both the far field and the near field. In particular, the near-field properties were investigated using photoemission electron microscopy, and it was demonstrated that two hybridized plasmon modes on the dolmen structures could be influenced by the grating effect. For comparison, we also investigated the grating effect in arrays of simple nanoblocks and heptamer structures, which were supposed to support a strong bright plasmon mode and a strong dark plasmon mode, respectively, in the near field. We found that the spectral responses of the two hybridized modes on the dolmen structures as the pitch size changed evolved in a manner similar to that of the bright dipole mode on the nanoblocks, whereas the dark mode on the heptamer structures is less sensitive to the pitch size. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America
Spatial evolution of the near-field distribution on planar gold nanoparticles with the excitation wavelength across dipole and quadrupole modes
(2017-06-01)
Yang, Jinghuan
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Sun, Quan
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Yu, Han
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Ueno, Kosei
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Misawa, Hiroaki
We investigate the superposition properties of the dipole and quadrupole plasmon modes in the near field both experimentally, by using photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM), and theoretically. In particular, the asymmetric near-field distributions on gold (Au) nanodisks and nanoblocks under oblique incidence with different polarizations are investigated in detail. The results of PEEM measurements show that the evolutions of the asymmetric near-field distributions are different between the excitation with s-polarized and p-polarized light. The experimental results can be reproduced very well by numerical simulations and interpreted as the superposition of the dipole and quadrupole modes with the help of analytic calculations. Moreover, we hypothesize that the electrons collected by PEEM are mainly from the plasmonic hot spots located at the plane in the interface between the Au particles and the substrate in the PEEM experiments. (C) 2017 Chinese Laser Press
Ultrafast Electron Cooling and Decay in Monolayer WS2 Revealed by Time- and Energy-Resolved Photoemission Electron Microscopy
(2020-05-13)
Li, Yaolong
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Liu, Wei
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Wang, Yunkun
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Xue, Zhaohang
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Leng, Yu-Chen
A comprehensive understanding of the ultrafast electron dynamics in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is necessary for their applications in optoelectronic devices. In this work, we contribute a study of ultrafast electron cooling and decay dynamics in the supported and suspended monolayer WS2 by time- and energy-resolved photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM). Electron cooling in the Q valley of the conduction band is clearly resolved in energy and time, on a time scale of 0.3 ps. Electron decay is mainly via a defect trapping process on a time scale of several picoseconds. We observed that the trap states can be produced and increased by laser illumination under an ultrahigh vacuum, and the higher local optical-field intensity led to the faster increase of trap states. The enhanced defect trapping could significantly modify the carrier dynamics and should be paid attention to in photoemission experiments for two-dimensional materials.