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Plasmon-Enhanced Sub-Wavelength Laser Ablation: Plasmonic Nanojets

  1. Ventsislav K. Valev1,*,
  2. Denitza Denkova2,
  3. Xuezhi Zheng7,
  4. Arseniy I. Kuznetsov9,
  5. Carsten Reinhardt8,
  6. Boris N. Chichkov8,
  7. Gichka Tsutsumanova10,
  8. Edward J. Osley11,
  9. Veselin Petkov6,
  10. Ben De Clercq4,
  11. Alejandro V. Silhanek3,
  12. Yogesh Jeyaram2,
  13. Vladimir Volskiy7,
  14. Paul A. Warburton11,
  15. Guy A. E. Vandenbosch7,
  16. Stoyan Russev10,
  17. Oleg A. Aktsipetrov5,
  18. Marcel Ameloot4,
  19. Victor V. Moshchalkov2,
  20. Thierry Verbiest1

Article first published online: 9 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103807

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 10, pages OP29–OP35, March 8, 2012

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How to Cite

Valev, V. K., Denkova, D., Zheng, X., Kuznetsov, A. I., Reinhardt, C., Chichkov, B. N., Tsutsumanova, G., Osley, E. J., Petkov, V., De Clercq, B., Silhanek, A. V., Jeyaram, Y., Volskiy, V., Warburton, P. A., Vandenbosch, G. A. E., Russev, S., Aktsipetrov, O. A., Ameloot, M., Moshchalkov, V. V. and Verbiest, T. (2012), Plasmon-Enhanced Sub-Wavelength Laser Ablation: Plasmonic Nanojets. Adv. Mater., 24: OP29–OP35. doi: 10.1002/adma.201103807

Author Information

  1. 1

    Molecular Electronics and Photonics, INPAC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE-3001, Belgium

  2. 2

    Superconductivity and Magnetism & Pulsed Fields Group, INPAC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE-3001, Belgium

  3. 3

    Département de Physique, Université de Liège, Bât. B5, Allée du 6 août, 17, Sart Tilman, B-4000, Belgium

  4. 4

    University Hasselt and transnational University Limburg, BIOMED, Diepenbeek, Belgium

  5. 5

    Department of Physics, Moscow State University, 11992 Moscow, Russia

  6. 6

    Dept. Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, B-3001, Belgium

  7. 7

    SAT-TELEMIC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium

  8. 8

    Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., D-30419 Hanover, Germany

  9. 9

    Advanced Concepts Group, Data Storage Institute, 5, Engineering Drive I, 117608, Singapore

  10. 10

    Department of Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia 1164, Bulgaria

  11. 11

    London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, 17-19 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, United Kingdom

*Molecular Electronics and Photonics, INPAC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE-3001, Belgium.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 MAR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 9 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 24 NOV 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 4 OCT 2011

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Keywords:

  • metamaterials;
  • surface plasmon resonance;
  • nanoimprinting;
  • plasmonics
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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.

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