Attosecond Experiments on Plasmonic Nanostructures

Download or read book Attosecond Experiments on Plasmonic Nanostructures written by Johannes Schötz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johannes Schötz presents the first measurements of optical electro-magnetic near-fields around nanostructures with subcycle-resolution. The ability to measure and understand light-matter interactions on the nanoscale is an important component for the development of light-wave-electronics, the control and steering of electron dynamics with the frequency of light, which promises a speed-up by several orders of magnitude compared to conventional electronics. The experiments presented here on metallic nanotips, widely used in experiments and applications, do not only demonstrate the feasibility of attosecond streaking as a unique tool for fundamental studies of ultrafast nanophotonics but also represent a first important step towards this goal.