Ultrafast monoenergetic electron source by optical waveform control of surface plasmons.
We propose coherent control of photoelectron acceleration at metal surfaces mediated by surface plasmon polaritons. A high degree of spectral and spatial control of the emission process can be exercised by amplitude and phase controlling the optical waveform (including the carrier-envelope phase) of the plasmon generating few-cycle laser pulse. Numerical results show that the emitted electron beam is highly directional and monoenergetic suggesting applications in contemporary ultrafast methods where ultrashort, well-behaved electron pulses are required.
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Research Institute for Solid-State Physics and Optics, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege M. út 29-33, Hungary. dombi@szfki.hu
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D003198:Computer Simulation; D004583:Electrons; D007834:Lasers; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods*