Plasmon-enhanced sub-wavelength laser ablation: plasmonic nanojets.
In response to the incident light's electric field, the electron density oscillates in the plasmonic hotspots producing an electric current. Associated Ohmic losses raise the temperature of the material within the plasmonic hotspot above the melting point. A nanojet and nanosphere ejection can then be observed precisely from the plasmonic hotspots.
Molecular Electronics and Photonics, INPAC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. v.k.valev@fys.kuleuven.be
Ventsislav K
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Valev
Denitza
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Denkova
Xuezhi
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Zheng
Arseniy I
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Kuznetsov
Carsten
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Reinhardt
Boris N
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Chichkov
Gichka
G
Tsutsumanova
Edward J
EJ
Osley
Veselin
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Petkov
Ben
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De Clercq
Alejandro V
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Silhanek
Yogesh
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Jeyaram
Vladimir
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Volskiy
Paul A
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Warburton
Guy A E
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Vandenbosch
Stoyan
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Russev
Oleg A
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Aktsipetrov
Marcel
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Ameloot
Victor V
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Moshchalkov
Thierry
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Verbiest
D007834:Lasers; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors