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Near-field marking of gold nanostars by ultrashort pulsed laser irradiation: experiment and simulations

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Quantitative measurements of the electric near-field distribution of star-shaped gold nanoparticles have been performed by femtosecond laser ablation. Measurements were carried out on and off the plasmon resonance. A detailed comparison with numerical simulations of the electric fields is presented. Semi-quantitative agreement is found, with slight systematic differences between experimentally observed and simulated near-field patterns close to strong electric-field gradients. The deviations are attributed to carrier transport preceding ablation.

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Harish Lakhotiya is gratefully acknowledged for producing the \({\hbox {TiO}_{2}}\):\({\hbox {Er}^{3+}}\) films. This work was funded by Innovation Fund Denmark through the SunTune project.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Søren H. Møller, Adnan Nazir, Emil H. Eriksen, Brian Julsgaard & Peter Balling

  2. Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, Inge Lehmanns Gade 10, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Joakim Vester-Petersen & Søren P. Madsen

  3. Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Brian Julsgaard & Peter Balling

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Møller, S.H., Vester-Petersen, J., Nazir, A. et al. Near-field marking of gold nanostars by ultrashort pulsed laser irradiation: experiment and simulations. Appl. Phys. A 124, 210 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-018-1615-4

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