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Femtosecond nonlinear ultrasonics in gold probed with ultrashort surface plasmons

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  • Vasily V. Temnov

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, UMR CNRS 6283, Université du Maine)

  • Christoph Klieber

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Keith A. Nelson

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Tim Thomay

    (University of Konstanz)

  • Vanessa Knittel

    (University of Konstanz)

  • Alfred Leitenstorfer

    (University of Konstanz)

  • Denys Makarov

    (Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology)

  • Manfred Albrecht

    (Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology)

  • Rudolf Bratschitsch

    (Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology)

Abstract

Fundamental interactions induced by lattice vibrations on ultrafast time scales have become increasingly important for modern nanoscience and technology. Experimental access to the physical properties of acoustic phonons in the terahertz-frequency range and over the entire Brillouin zone is crucial for understanding electric and thermal transport in solids and their compounds. Here we report on the generation and nonlinear propagation of giant (1 per cent) acoustic strain pulses in hybrid gold/cobalt bilayer structures probed with ultrafast surface plasmon interferometry. This new technique allows for unambiguous characterization of arbitrary ultrafast acoustic transients. The giant acoustic pulses experience substantial nonlinear reshaping after a propagation distance of only 100 nm in a crystalline gold layer. Excellent agreement with the Korteveg-de Vries model points to future quantitative nonlinear femtosecond terahertz-ultrasonics at the nano-scale in metals at room temperature.

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  • Vasily V. Temnov & Christoph Klieber & Keith A. Nelson & Tim Thomay & Vanessa Knittel & Alfred Leitenstorfer & Denys Makarov & Manfred Albrecht & Rudolf Bratschitsch, 2013. "Femtosecond nonlinear ultrasonics in gold probed with ultrashort surface plasmons," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-6, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms2480
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2480
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    1. Prins, Peter J. & Wahls, Sander, 2022. "Reliable computation of the eigenvalues of the discrete KdV spectrum," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, vol. 433(C).

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