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Bykov AY, Xie Y, Krasavin AV, Zayats AV. Broadband Transient Response and Wavelength-Tunable Photoacoustics in Plasmonic Hetero-nanoparticles. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:2786-2791. [PMID: 36926927 PMCID: PMC10103169 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The optically driven acoustic modes and nonlinear response of plasmonic nanoparticles are important in many applications, but are strongly resonant, which restricts their excitation to predefined wavelengths. Here, we demonstrate that multilayered spherical plasmonic hetero-nanoparticles, formed by alternating layers of gold and silica, provide a platform for a broadband nonlinear optical response from visible to near-infrared wavelengths. They also act as a tunable optomechanical system with mechanically decoupled layers in which different acoustic modes can be selectively switched on/off by tuning the excitation wavelength. These observations not only expand the knowledge about the internal structure of composite plasmonic nanoparticles but also allow for an additional degree of freedom for controlling their nonlinear optical and mechanical properties.
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Yu J, Han Y, Zhang H, Misochko OV, Nakamura KG, Hu J. Attosecond-Resolved Coherent Control of Lattice Vibrations in Thermoelectric SnSe. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:2584-2590. [PMID: 35289629 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Manipulating lattice vibrations is the cornerstone to achieving ultralow thermal conductivity in thermoelectrics. Although spatial control by novel material designs has been recently reported, temporal manipulation, which can shape thermoelectric properties under nonequilibrium conditions, remains largely unexplored. Here, taking SnSe as a representative, we have demonstrated that in the ultrafast pump-pump-probe spectroscopy, electronic and lattice coherences inherited from optical excitations can be exploited independently to manipulate phonon oscillations in a highly selective manner. Specifically, when the pump-pump delay time (tmod) is in the electronic coherence time range, the amplitude, frequency, and lifetime of all phonon modes are simultaneously following the optical cycle. While extending tmod into the lattice coherence time range, the amplitude of each coherent phonon mode can be selectively manipulated according to its intrinsic period without changing the frequency and lifetime. This work opens up exciting avenues to temporally and discriminatorily manipulate phononic processes in thermoelectric materials.
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- Junhong Yu
- Laboratory for Shock Wave and Detonation Physics, Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Laboratory for Shock Wave and Detonation Physics, Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
- State Key Laboratory for Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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- Laboratory for Shock Wave and Detonation Physics, Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
- State Key Laboratory for Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
- Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R3-10, 4259 Nagatsuta, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Shock Wave and Detonation Physics, Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
- State Key Laboratory for Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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Park TG, Na HR, Chun SH, Cho WB, Lee S, Rotermund F. Coherent control of interlayer vibrations in Bi 2Se 3 van der Waals thin-films. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:19264-19273. [PMID: 34787629 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05075c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Interlayer vibrations with discrete quantized modes in two-dimensional (2D) materials can be excited by ultrafast light due to the inherent low dimensionality and van der Waals force as a restoring force. Controlling such interlayer vibrations in layered materials, which are closely related to fundamental nanomechanical interactions and thermal transport, in spatial- and time-domain provides an in-depth understanding of condensed matters and potential applications for advanced phononic and photonics devices. The manipulation of interlayer vibrational modes has been implemented in a spatial domain through material design to develop novel optoelectronic and phononic devices with various 2D materials, but such control in a time domain is still lacking. We present an all-optical method for controlling the interlayer vibrations in a highly precise manner with Bi2Se3 as a promising optoelectronic and thermoelasticity material in layered structures using a coherently controlled pump and probe scheme. The observed thickness-dependent fast interlayer breathing modes and substrate-induced slow interfacial modes can be exactly explained by a modified linear chain model including coupling effect with substrate. In addition, the results of coherent control experiments also agree with the simulation results based on the interference of interlayer vibrations. This investigation is universally applicable for diverse 2D materials and provides insight into the interlayer vibration-related dynamics and novel device implementation based on an ultrafast timescale interlayer-spacing modulation scheme.
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- Tae Gwan Park
- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea.
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- Welfare & Medical ICT Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Daejeon 34129, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea.
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
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Li C, Gusev V, Dekorsy T, Hettich M. All optical control of comb-like coherent acoustic phonons in multiple quantum well structures through double-pump-pulse pump-probe experiments. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:18706-18730. [PMID: 31252809 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.018706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present an advancement in applications of ultrafast optics in picosecond laser ultrasonics - laser-induced comb-like coherent acoustic phonons are optically controlled in a In0.27Ga0.73As/GaAs multiple quantum well (MQW) structure by a high-speed asynchronous optical sampling (ASOPS) system based on two GHz Yb:KYW lasers. Two successive pulses from the same pump laser are used to excite the MQW structure. The second pump light pulse has a tunable time delay with respect to the first one and can be also tuned in intensity, which enables the amplitude and phase modulation of acoustic phonons. This yields rich temporal acoustic patterns with suppressed or enhanced amplitudes, various wave-packet shapes, varied wave-packet widths, reduced wave-packet periods and varied phase shifts of single-period oscillations within a wave-packet. In the frequency domain, the amplitude and phase shift of the individual comb component present a second-pump-delay-dependent cosine-wave-like and sawtooth-wave-like variation, respectively, with a modulation frequency equal to the comb component frequency itself. The variations of the individual component amplitude and phase shift by tuning the second pump intensity exhibit an amplitude valley and an abrupt phase jump at the ratio around 1:1 of the two pump pulse intensities for certain time delays. A simplified model, where both generation and detection functions are assumed as a cosine stress wave enveloped by Gaussian or rectangular shapes in an infinite periodic MQW structure, is developed in order to interpret acoustic manipulation in the MQW sample. The modelling agrees well with the experiment in a wide range of time delays and intensity ratios. Moreover, by applying a heuristic-analytical approach and nonlinear corrections, the improved calculations reach an excellent agreement with experimental results and thus enable to predict and synthesize coherent acoustic wave patterns in MQW structures.
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Wang J, Yu K, Yang Y, Hartland GV, Sader JE, Wang GP. Strong vibrational coupling in room temperature plasmonic resonators. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1527. [PMID: 30948721 PMCID: PMC6449381 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09594-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Strong vibrational coupling has been realized in a variety of mechanical systems. However, there have been no experimental observations of strong coupling of the acoustic modes of plasmonic nanostructures, due to rapid energy dissipation in these systems. Here we realized strong vibrational coupling in ultra-high frequency plasmonic nanoresonators by increasing the vibrational quality factors by an order of magnitude. We achieved the highest frequency quality factor products of f × Q = 1.0 × 1013 Hz for the fundamental mechanical modes, which exceeds the value of 0.6 × 1013 Hz required for ground state cooling. Avoided crossing was observed between vibrational modes of two plasmonic nanoresonators with a coupling rate of g = 7.5 ± 1.2 GHz, an order of magnitude larger than the dissipation rates. The intermodal strong coupling was consistent with theoretical calculations using a coupled oscillator model. Our results enabled a platform for future observation and control of the quantum behavior of phonon modes in metallic nanoparticles. Strong vibrational coupling has not been observed in ultra-high frequency mechanical resonators. By engineering phonon dissipation pathways, the authors increase the vibrational quality factor to allow strong coupling observations in plasmonic nanostructures, which has implications for observation and control of quantum phonon dynamics.
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- Junzhong Wang
- College of Electronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- College of Electronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- College of Electronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- College of Electronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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