Short-range surface plasmonics: Localized electron emission dynamics from a 60-nm spot on an atomically flat single-crystalline gold surface

Bettina Frank; Philip Kahl; Daniel Podbiel; Grisha Spektor; Meir Orenstein; Liwei Fu; Thomas Weiss; Michael Horn-von Hoegen; Timothy J. Davis; Frank-J. Meyer zu Heringdorf; Harald Giessen

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1700721

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Short-range surface plasmonics: Localized electron emission dynamics from a 60-nm spot on an atomically flat single-crystalline gold surface

Bettina Frank¹,
Philip Kahl²,
Daniel Podbiel²,
Grisha Spektor³,
Meir Orenstein³,
Liwei Fu⁴,
Thomas Weiss¹,
Michael Horn-von Hoegen²,
Timothy J. Davis¹,⁵,
Frank-J. Meyer zu Heringdorf²,* and
Harald Giessen¹,*

¹4th Physics Institute and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
²Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1-21, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.
³Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel.
⁴Institute of Applied Optics, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
⁵School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: giessen{at}physik.uni-stuttgart.de (H.G.); meyerzh{at}uni-due.de (F.-J.M.z.H.)

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Science Advances 12 Jul 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 7, e1700721
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700721

Bettina Frank

4th Physics Institute and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

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Philip Kahl

Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1-21, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.

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Daniel Podbiel

Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1-21, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.

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Grisha Spektor

Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel.

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Meir Orenstein

Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel.

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Liwei Fu

Institute of Applied Optics, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

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Thomas Weiss

4th Physics Institute and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

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Michael Horn-von Hoegen

Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1-21, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.

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Timothy J. Davis

4th Physics Institute and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.

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Frank-J. Meyer zu Heringdorf

Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1-21, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.

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For correspondence: giessen@physik.uni-stuttgart.de meyerzh@uni-due.de

Harald Giessen

4th Physics Institute and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

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