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Dependence of the two-photon photoluminescence yield of gold nanostructures on the laser pulse duration
- Source :
- Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, Vol. 80, no. 4 (2009)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Two-photon photoluminescence (TPPL) from gold nanostructures is becoming one of the most relevant tools for plasmon-assisted biological imaging and photothermal therapy as well as for the investigation of plasmonic devices. Here we study the yield of TPPL as a function of the temporal width delta of the excitation laser pulses for a fixed average power. In the delta > 1 ps regime, the TPPL yield decreases as delta is increased, while for shorter pulse widths it becomes independent of delta and, consequently, of the laser-pulse peak power. This peculiar dynamics is understood and modeled by considering that two-photon absorption in Au is a two-step process governed by the lifetime of the metastable state populated by the first photon absorption.
Details
- Database :
- OAIster
- Journal :
- Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, Vol. 80, no. 4 (2009)
- Notes :
- English
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1130569837
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource