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Normal-Incidence Photoemission Electron Microscopy (NI-PEEM) for Imaging Surface Plasmon Polaritons

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We introduce a novel time-resolved photoemission-based near-field illumination method, referred to as femtosecond normal-incidence photoemission microscopy (NI-PEEM). The change from the commonly used grazing-incidence to normal-incidence illumination geometry has a major impact on the achievable contrast and, hence, on the imaging potential of transient local near fields. By imaging surface plasmon polaritons in normal light incidence geometry, the observed fringe spacing directly resembles the wavelength of the plasmon wave. Our novel approach provides a direct descriptive visualization of SPP wave packets propagating across a metal surface.

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Financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through SFB616 “Energy Dissipation at Surfaces” and SPP1391 “Ultrafast Nanooptics” is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Present address: The Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems, 47057, Duisburg, Germany

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  1. Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, 47048, Duisburg, Germany

    Philip Kahl, Simone Wall, Christian Witt, Michael Horn-von Hoegen & Frank-J. Meyer zu Heringdorf

  2. Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Christian Schneider, Daniela Bayer, Alexander Fischer, Pascal Melchior & Martin Aeschlimann

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Kahl, P., Wall, S., Witt, C. et al. Normal-Incidence Photoemission Electron Microscopy (NI-PEEM) for Imaging Surface Plasmon Polaritons. Plasmonics 9, 1401–1407 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-014-9756-6

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