Nanostripe length dependence of plasmon-induce material deformations

Ventsislav K. Valev, Wim Libaers, Urs Zywietz, Xuezhi Zheng, Marco Centini, Nils Pfullmann, Lars O. Herrmann, Carsten Reinhardt, Vladimir Volskiy, Alejandro V. Silhanek, Boris N. Chichkov, Concita Sibilia, Guy A E Vandenbosch, Victor V. Moshchalkov, Jeremy J. Baumberg, Thierry Verbiest

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Abstract

Following the impact of a single femtosecond light pulse on nickel nanostripes, material deformations-or "nano-bumps"-are created. We have studied the dependence of these nanobumps on the length of nanostripes and verified the link with plasmons. More specifically, local electric currents can melt the nanostructures in the hot-spots, where hydrodynamic processes give rise to nanobumps. This process is further confirmed by independently simulating local magnetic fields, since these are produced by the same local electric currents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2256-2258
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume38
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2013

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