Advances in ultrafast plasmonicsNanoinstitut München, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany.
Departamento de Física, FCEN, IFIBA-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics.
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics.
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Department of Physics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Jinka University, Jinka, Ethiopia.
School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, China.
EPF-Ecole d'Ingénieurs, Cachan, France.
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.
Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Nanoinstitut München, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany.
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; CNR-NANO Istituto Nanoscience, Modena, Italy.
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.
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2023 (English)In: Applied Physics Reviews, E-ISSN 1931-9401, Vol. 10, no 2, article id 021318Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In the past 20 years, we have reached a broad understanding of many light-driven phenomena in nanoscale systems. The temporal dynamics of the excited states are instead quite challenging to explore, and, at the same time, crucial to study for understanding the origin of fundamental physical and chemical processes. In this review, we examine the current state and prospects of ultrafast phenomena driven by plasmons both from a fundamental and applied point of view. This research area is referred to as ultrafast plasmonics and represents an outstanding playground to tailor and control fast optical and electronic processes at the nanoscale, such as ultrafast optical switching, single photon emission, and strong coupling interactions to tailor photochemical reactions. Here, we provide an overview of the field and describe the methodologies to monitor and control nanoscale phenomena with plasmons at ultrafast timescales in terms of both modeling and experimental characterization. Various directions are showcased, among others recent advances in ultrafast plasmon-driven chemistry and multi-functional plasmonics, in which charge, spin, and lattice degrees of freedom are exploited to provide active control of the optical and electronic properties of nanoscale materials. As the focus shifts to the development of practical devices, such as all-optical transistors, we also emphasize new materials and applications in ultrafast plasmonics and highlight recent development in the relativistic realm. The latter is a promising research field with potential applications in fusion research or particle and light sources providing properties such as attosecond duration.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2023. Vol. 10, no 2, article id 021318
National Category
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-208170DOI: 10.1063/5.0134993ISI: 001011167700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85163206247OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-208170DiVA, id: diva2:1756179
Funder
EU, Horizon Europe, 101046920European Commission, 964363EU, European Research Council, 819871German Research Foundation (DFG), EXC 2089/1‐390776260Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, 2019.0140The Kempe Foundations, SMK21-0017The Kempe Foundations, JCK-3122Swedish Research Council, 2021-05784
Note
Originally included in thesis in manuscript form.
2023-05-102023-05-102024-07-02Bibliographically approved
In thesis