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Ogura S, Negoro H, Machfuudzoh I, Thollar Z, Hinamoto T, García de Abajo FJ, Sugimoto H, Fujii M, Sannomiya T. Dielectric Sphere Oligomers as Optical Nanoantenna for Circularly Polarized Light. ACS PHOTONICS 2024; 11:3323-3330. [PMID: 39184185 PMCID: PMC11342412 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00761] [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: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 07/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
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Control of circularly polarized light (CPL) is important for next-generation optical communications as well as for investigating the optical properties of materials. In this study, we explore dielectric-sphere oligomers for chiral nanoantenna applications, leveraging the cathodoluminescence (CL) technique, which employs accelerated free electrons for excitation and allows mapping the optical response on the nanoscale. For a certain particle-dimers configuration, one of the spheres becomes responsible for the left-handed circular polarization of the emitted light, while right-handed circular polarization is selectively yielded when the other sphere is excited by the electron beam. Similar patterns are also observed in trimers. These phenomena are understood in terms of optical coupling between the electric and magnetic modes hosted by the dielectric spheres. Our research not only expands the understanding of CPL generation mechanisms in dielectric-sphere oligomer antennas but also underscores the potential of such structures in optical applications. We further highlight the utility of CL as a powerful analytical tool for investigating the optical properties of nanoscale structures as well as the potential of electron beams for light generation with switchable CPL parities.
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- Shintaro Ogura
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical
Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical
Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical
Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- ICFO-Institut
de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona 08860, Spain
- ICREA-Institució
Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical
Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Sharma R, Yang WCD. Perspective and prospects of in situ transmission/scanning transmission electron microscopy. Microscopy (Oxf) 2024; 73:79-100. [PMID: 38006307 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfad057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023] Open
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In situ transmission/scanning transmission electron microscopy (TEM/STEM) measurements have taken a central stage for establishing structure-chemistry-property relationship over the past couple of decades. The challenges for realizing 'a lab-in-gap', i.e. gap between the objective lens pole pieces, or 'a lab-on-chip', to be used to carry out experiments are being met through continuous instrumental developments. Commercially available TEM columns and sample holder, that have been modified for in situ experimentation, have contributed to uncover structural and chemical changes occurring in the sample when subjected to external stimulus such as temperature, pressure, radiation (photon, ions and electrons), environment (gas, liquid and magnetic or electrical field) or a combination thereof. Whereas atomic resolution images and spectroscopy data are being collected routinely using TEM/STEM, temporal resolution is limited to millisecond. On the other hand, better than femtosecond temporal resolution can be achieved using an ultrafast electron microscopy or dynamic TEM, but the spatial resolution is limited to sub-nanometers. In either case, in situ experiments generate large datasets that need to be transferred, stored and analyzed. The advent of artificial intelligence, especially machine learning platforms, is proving crucial to deal with this big data problem. Further developments are still needed in order to fully exploit our capability to understand, measure and control chemical and/or physical processes. We present the current state of instrumental and computational capabilities and discuss future possibilities.
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- Renu Sharma
- Materials Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Materials Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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Sannomiya T, Matsukata T, Yamamoto N. Controllable Chiral Light Generation and Vortex Field Investigation Using Plasmonic Holes Revealed by Cathodoluminescence. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:929-934. [PMID: 38173237 PMCID: PMC10811657 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Control of the angular momentum of light is a key technology for next-generation nano-optical devices and optical communications, including quantum communication and encoding. We propose an approach to controllably generate circularly polarized light from a circular hole in a metal film using an electron beam by coherently exciting transition radiation and light scattering from the hole through surface plasmon polaritons. The circularly polarized light generation is confirmed by fully polarimetric four-dimensional cathodoluminescence mapping, where angle-resolved spectra are simultaneously obtained. The obtained intensity and Stokes maps show clear interference fringes as well as almost fully circularly polarized light generation with controllable parities by the electron beam position. By applying this approach to a three-hole system, a vortex field with a phase singularity is visualized in the middle of three holes.
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- Takumi Sannomiya
- Department
of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Adachi Y, Yamamoto N, Sannomiya T. Focused light introduction into transmission electron microscope via parabolic mirror. Ultramicroscopy 2023; 251:113759. [PMID: 37245285 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2023.113759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We developed a novel light optics system installed in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) to introduce a focused light accurately adjusted at the electron beam irradiation position using a parabolic mirror. With a parabolic mirror covering both the upper and lower sides of the sample, the position and focus of the light beam can be evaluated by imaging the angular distribution of the transmitted light. By comparing the light image and the electron micrograph, the irradiation positions of the electron beam and the laser beam can be accurately adjusted to each other. The size of the focused light was confirmed to be within a few microns from the light Ronchigram, which is consistent with the simulated light spot size. The spot size and position alignment were further confirmed by laser-ablating only a targeted polystyrene particle without damaging the surrounding particles. When using a halogen lamp as the light source, this system allows investigating optical spectra in comparison with cathodoluminescence (CL) spectra at exactly the same location.
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- Yoshikazu Adachi
- School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
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Machfuudzoh I, Hinamoto T, García de Abajo FJ, Sugimoto H, Fujii M, Sannomiya T. Visualizing the Nanoscopic Field Distribution of Whispering-Gallery Modes in a Dielectric Sphere by Cathodoluminescence. ACS PHOTONICS 2023; 10:1434-1445. [PMID: 37215315 PMCID: PMC10197164 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A spherical dielectric particle can sustain the so-called whispering-gallery modes (WGMs), which can be regarded as circulating electromagnetic waves, resulting in the spatial confinement of light inside the particle. Despite the wide adoption of optical WGMs as a major light confinement mechanism in salient practical applications, direct imaging of the mode fields is still lacking and only partially addressed by simple photography and simulation work. The present study comprehensively covers this research gap by demonstrating the nanoscale optical-field visualization of self-interference of light extracted from excited modes through experimentally obtained photon maps that directly portray the field distributions of the excited eigenmodes. To selectively choose the specific modes at a given light emission detection angle and resonance wavelength, we use cathodoluminescence-based scanning transmission electron microscopy supplemented with angle-, polarization-, and wavelength-resolved capabilities. Equipped with semi-analytical simulation tools, the internal field distributions of the whispering-gallery modes reveal that radiation emitted by a spherical resonator at a given resonance frequency is composed of the interference between multiple modes, with one or more of them being comparatively dominant, leading to a resulting distribution featuring complex patterns that explicitly depend on the detection angle and polarization. Direct visualization of the internal fields inside resonators enables a comprehensive understanding of WGMs that can shed light on the design of nanophotonic applications.
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- Izzah Machfuudzoh
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical
Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- ICFO-Institut
de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute
of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
- ICREA-Institució
Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical
Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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Matsukata T, Ogura S, García de Abajo FJ, Sannomiya T. Simultaneous Nanoscale Excitation and Emission Mapping by Cathodoluminescence. ACS NANO 2022; 16:21462-21470. [PMID: 36414014 PMCID: PMC9799067 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c09973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Free-electron-based spectroscopies can reveal the nanoscale optical properties of semiconductor materials and nanophotonic devices with a spatial resolution far beyond the diffraction limit of light. However, the retrieved spatial information is constrained to the excitation space defined by the electron beam position, while information on the delocalization associated with the spatial extension of the probed optical modes in the specimen has so far been missing, despite its relevance in ruling the optical properties of nanostructures. In this study, we demonstrate a cathodoluminescence method that can access both excitation and emission spaces at the nanoscale, illustrating the power of such a simultaneous excitation and emission mapping technique by revealing a subwavelength emission position modulation as well as by visualizing electromagnetic energy transport in nanoplasmonic systems. Besides the fundamental interest of these results, our technique grants us access into previously inaccessible nanoscale optical properties.
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- Taeko Matsukata
- Department
of Materials Science and Technology, School of Materials and Chemical
Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Technology, School of Materials and Chemical
Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- ICFO-Institut
de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science
and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA-Institució
Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department
of Materials Science and Technology, School of Materials and Chemical
Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Discrimination of coherent and incoherent cathodoluminescence using temporal photon correlations. Ultramicroscopy 2022; 241:113594. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2022.113594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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de la Mata M, Molina SI. STEM Tools for Semiconductor Characterization: Beyond High-Resolution Imaging. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:337. [PMID: 35159686 PMCID: PMC8840450 DOI: 10.3390/nano12030337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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The smart engineering of novel semiconductor devices relies on the development of optimized functional materials suitable for the design of improved systems with advanced capabilities aside from better efficiencies. Thereby, the characterization of these materials at the highest level attainable is crucial for leading a proper understanding of their working principle. Due to the striking effect of atomic features on the behavior of semiconductor quantum- and nanostructures, scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) tools have been broadly employed for their characterization. Indeed, STEM provides a manifold characterization tool achieving insights on, not only the atomic structure and chemical composition of the analyzed materials, but also probing internal electric fields, plasmonic oscillations, light emission, band gap determination, electric field measurements, and many other properties. The emergence of new detectors and novel instrumental designs allowing the simultaneous collection of several signals render the perfect playground for the development of highly customized experiments specifically designed for the required analyses. This paper presents some of the most useful STEM techniques and several strategies and methodologies applied to address the specific analysis on semiconductors. STEM imaging, spectroscopies, 4D-STEM (in particular DPC), and in situ STEM are summarized, showing their potential use for the characterization of semiconductor nanostructured materials through recent reported studies.
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- María de la Mata
- Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorganica, IMEYMAT, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain;
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Saito H, Yoshimoto D, Moritake Y, Matsukata T, Yamamoto N, Sannomiya T. Valley-Polarized Plasmonic Edge Mode Visualized in the Near-Infrared Spectral Range. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:6556-6562. [PMID: 34314178 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Valley polarization has recently been adopted in optics, offering robust waveguiding and angular momentum sorting. The success of valley systems in photonic crystals suggests a plasmonic counterpart that can merge topological photonics and topological condensed matter systems, for instance, two-dimensional materials with the enhanced light-matter interaction. However, a valley plasmonic waveguide with a sufficient propagation distance in the near-infrared (NIR) or visible spectral range has so far not been realized due to ohmic loss inside the metal. Here, we employ gap surface plasmons for high index contrasting and realize a wide-bandgap valley plasmonic crystal, allowing waveguiding in the NIR-visible range. The edge mode with a propagation distance of 5.3 μm in the range of 1.31-1.36 eV is experimentally confirmed by visualizing the field distributions with a scanning transmission electron microscope cathodoluminescence technique, suggesting a practical platform for transferring angular momentum between photons and carriers in mesoscopic active devices.
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- Hikaru Saito
- Department of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasugakoen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasugakoen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasugakoen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Oookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan
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Schmidt FP, Losquin A, Horák M, Hohenester U, Stöger-Pollach M, Krenn JR. Fundamental Limit of Plasmonic Cathodoluminescence. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:590-596. [PMID: 33336569 PMCID: PMC7809694 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We use cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy in a transmission electron microscope to probe the radial breathing mode of plasmonic silver nanodisks. A two-mirror detection system sandwiching the sample collects the CL emission in both directions, that is, backward and forward with respect to the electron beam trajectory. We unambiguously identify a spectral shift of about 8 nm in the CL spectra acquired from both sides and show that this asymmetry is induced by the electron beam itself. By numerical simulations, we confirm the observations and identify the underlying physical effect due to the interference of the CL emission patterns of an electron-beam-induced dipole and the breathing mode. This effect can ultimately limit the achievable fidelity in CL measurements on any system involving multiple excitations and should therefore be considered with care in high-precision experiments.
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- Thales
Research and Technology, 1 avenue Augustin Fresnel, Palaiseau 91767, France
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- Central
European Institute of Technology, Brno University
of Technology, Brno Purkynǒva 123, 612 00, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 5, Graz 8010, Austria
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- University
Service Centre for Transmission Electron Microscopy, TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, Wien 1040, Austria
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 5, Graz 8010, Austria
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Coherent interaction between free electrons and a photonic cavity. Nature 2020; 582:50-54. [PMID: 32494081 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2321-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Advances in the research of interactions between ultrafast free electrons and light have introduced a previously unknown kind of quantum matter, quantum free-electron wavepackets1-5. So far, studies of the interactions of cavity-confined light with quantum matter have focused on bound electron systems, such as atoms, quantum dots and quantum circuits, which are considerably limited by their fixed energy states, spectral range and selection rules. By contrast, quantum free-electron wavepackets have no such limits, but so far no experiment has shown the influence of a photonic cavity on quantum free-electron wavepackets. Here we develop a platform for multidimensional nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy of free-electron interactions with photonic cavities. We directly measure the cavity-photon lifetime via a coherent free-electron probe and observe an enhancement of more than an order of magnitude in the interaction strength relative to previous experiments of electron-photon interactions. Our free-electron probe resolves the spatiotemporal and energy-momentum information of the interaction. The quantum nature of the electrons is verified by spatially mapping Rabi oscillations of the electron spectrum. The interactions between free electrons and cavity photons could enable low-dose, ultrafast electron microscopy of soft matter or other beam-sensitive materials. Such interactions may also open paths towards using free electrons for quantum information processing and quantum sensing. Future studies could achieve free-electron strong coupling6,7, photon quantum state synthesis8 and quantum nonlinear phenomena such as cavity electro-optomechanics9.
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Zhang C, Firestein KL, Fernando JFS, Siriwardena D, von Treifeldt JE, Golberg D. Recent Progress of In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Energy Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1904094. [PMID: 31566272 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201904094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 09/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is one of the most powerful approaches for revealing physical and chemical process dynamics at atomic resolutions. The most recent developments for in situ TEM techniques are summarized; in particular, how they enable visualization of various events, measure properties, and solve problems in the field of energy by revealing detailed mechanisms at the nanoscale. Related applications include rechargeable batteries such as Li-ion, Na-ion, Li-O2 , Na-O2 , Li-S, etc., fuel cells, thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, and photocatalysis. To promote various applications, the methods of introducing the in situ stimuli of heating, cooling, electrical biasing, light illumination, and liquid and gas environments are discussed. The progress of recent in situ TEM in energy applications should inspire future research on new energy materials in diverse energy-related areas.
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- Chao Zhang
- Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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- Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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- Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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- Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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- Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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- Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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Vu Thi D, Ohno T, Yamamoto N, Sannomiya T. Field localization of hexagonal and short-range ordered plasmonic nanoholes investigated by cathodoluminescence. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:074707. [PMID: 32087626 DOI: 10.1063/1.5131698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Plasmonic nanoholes have attracted significant attention among nanoplasmonic devices, especially as biosensing platforms, where nanohole arrays can efficiently enhance and confine the electromagnetic field through surface plasmon polaritons, providing a sensitive detection. In nanohole arrays, the optical resonances are typically determined by the inter-hole distance or periodicity with respect to the surface plasmon wavelength. However, for short-range ordered (SRO) arrays, the inter-hole distance varies locally, so the plasmon resonance changes. In this study, we investigate the local resonance of SRO nanoholes using a cathodoluminescence technique and compare it with hexagonally ordered nanoholes. The cathodoluminescence photon maps and resonance peak analysis reveal that the electric fields are confined at the edges of holes and that their resonances are determined by inter-hole distances as well as by their distributions. This demonstrates the Anderson localization of the electromagnetic waves showing locally enhanced electromagnetic local density of states in SRO nanoholes.
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- Dung Vu Thi
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technologies, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technologies, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technologies, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technologies, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Sannomiya T, Konečná A, Matsukata T, Thollar Z, Okamoto T, García de Abajo FJ, Yamamoto N. Cathodoluminescence Phase Extraction of the Coupling between Nanoparticles and Surface Plasmon Polaritons. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:592-598. [PMID: 31855432 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Nanoscale gaps between metals can strongly confine electromagnetic fields that enable efficient electromagnetic energy conversion and coupling to nanophotonic structures. In particular, the gap formed by depositing a metallic particle on a metallic substrate produces coupling of localized particle plasmons to propagating surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). Understanding and controlling the phase of such coupling is essential for the design of devices relying on nanoparticles coupled through SPPs. Here we demonstrate the experimental visualization of the phase associated with the plasmonic field of metallic particle-surface composites through nanoscopically and spectroscopically resolved cathodoluminescence using a scanning transmission electron microscope. Specifically, we study the interference between the substrate transition radiation and the field resulting from out-coupling of SPP excitation, therefore giving rise to angle-, polarization-, and energy-dependent photon emission fringe patterns from which we extract phase information. Our methods should be readily applicable to more complex nanostructures, thus providing direct experimental insight into nanoplasmonic near-fields with potential applications in improving plasmon-based devices.
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- Takumi Sannomiya
- Department of Materials Science and Technology , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta , Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503 , Japan
- PRESTO , 4259 Nagatsuta , Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503 , Japan
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques , The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , 08860 Castelldefels , Barcelona , Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta , Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503 , Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta , Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503 , Japan
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- Advanced Device Laboratory , RIKEN , Wako , Saitama 351-0198 , Japan
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques , The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , 08860 Castelldefels , Barcelona , Spain
- ICREA-Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats , Passeig Lluís Companys, 23 , 08010 Barcelona , Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta , Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503 , Japan
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Zachman MJ, Hachtel JA, Idrobo JC, Chi M. Emerging Electron Microscopy Techniques for Probing Functional Interfaces in Energy Materials. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201902993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Michael J. Zachman
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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Zachman MJ, Hachtel JA, Idrobo JC, Chi M. Emerging Electron Microscopy Techniques for Probing Functional Interfaces in Energy Materials. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 59:1384-1396. [PMID: 31081976 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201902993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2019] [Revised: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Interfaces play a fundamental role in many areas of chemistry. However, their localized nature requires characterization techniques with high spatial resolution in order to fully understand their structure and properties. State-of-the-art atomic resolution or in situ scanning transmission electron microscopy and electron energy-loss spectroscopy are indispensable tools for characterizing the local structure and chemistry of materials with single-atom resolution, but they are not able to measure many properties that dictate function, such as vibrational modes or charge transfer, and are limited to room-temperature samples containing no liquids. Here, we outline emerging electron microscopy techniques that are allowing these limitations to be overcome and highlight several recent studies that were enabled by these techniques. We then provide a vision for how these techniques can be paired with each other and with in situ methods to deliver new insights into the static and dynamic behavior of functional interfaces.
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- Michael J Zachman
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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Li L, Cai W, Du C, Guan Z, Xiang Y, Ma Z, Wu W, Ren M, Zhang X, Tang A, Xu J. Cathodoluminescence nanoscopy of open single-crystal aluminum plasmonic nanocavities. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:22357-22361. [PMID: 30474670 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr06545d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Exact understanding of the plasmon response of aluminum (Al) nanostructures in deep subwavelengths is critical for the design of Al based plasmonic applications, such as the emission control of quantum dots and surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering in the ultraviolet (UV) range. Here, the plasmonic properties of open triangle cavities patterned by a focused ion beam in single-crystal bulk Al were explored using cathodoluminescence. The resonant modes were determined by experimental spectra and deep subwavelength real-space mode patterns ranging from the visible to the UV, which agreed well with full-wave electromagnetic simulations. The dispersion relation of the cavity modes was consistent with that at the interface between Al and vacuum, showing strong electromagnetic field confinement in the cavities. Open Al triangle cavities provided room for the interaction between optical emitters and confined electromagnetic fields, paving the way for plasmonic devices for a variety of applications, such as plasmonic light-emitting devices or nanolasers in the UV range.
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- Li Li
- The Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Applied Physics Institute, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China.
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Myroshnychenko V, Nishio N, García de Abajo FJ, Förstner J, Yamamoto N. Unveiling and Imaging Degenerate States in Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Nanometer Resolution. ACS NANO 2018; 12:8436-8446. [PMID: 30067900 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b03926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Metal nanoparticles host localized plasmon excitations that allow the manipulation of optical fields at the nanoscale. Despite the availability of several techniques for imaging plasmons, direct access into the symmetries of these excitations remains elusive, thus hindering progress in the development of applications. Here, we present a combination of angle-, polarization-, and space-resolved cathodoluminescence spectroscopy methods to selectively access the symmetry and degeneracy of plasmonic states in lithographically fabricated gold nanoprisms. We experimentally reveal and spatially map degenerate states of multipole plasmon modes with nanometer spatial resolution and further provide recipes for resolving optically dark and out-of-plane modes. Full-wave simulations in conjunction with a simple tight-binding model explain the complex plasmon structure in these particles and reveal intriguing mode-symmetry phenomena. Our approach introduces systematics for a comprehensive symmetry characterization of plasmonic states in high-symmetry nanostructures.
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- Viktor Myroshnychenko
- Institute of Electrical Engineering , Paderborn University , Warburger Straße 100 , D-33098 Paderborn , Germany
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- Physics Department , Tokyo Institute of Technology , Meguro-ku, Tokyo , 152-8551 Japan
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona) , Spain
- ICREA-Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats , Passeig Lluís Companys, 23 , 08010 Barcelona , Spain
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering , Paderborn University , Warburger Straße 100 , D-33098 Paderborn , Germany
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- Physics Department , Tokyo Institute of Technology , Meguro-ku, Tokyo , 152-8551 Japan
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Kociak M, Gloter A, Stéphan O. A spectromicroscope for nanophysics. Ultramicroscopy 2017; 180:81-92. [PMID: 28377215 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2017.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 02/05/2017] [Accepted: 02/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The new generation of spectromicroscopes opens up new fields of nanophysics. Beyond the impressive spatial and spectral resolutions delivered by these new instruments - an obvious example being the Hermes machine conceived, designed and built by O. L. Krivanek, who is honoured in this journal issue - here we wish to address the motivations and conditions required to get the best out of them. We first coarsely sketch the panorama of physical excitations worth motivating the use of ultra-high resolution spectroscopy techniques in STEMs. We then give general considerations on the use of combined spectroscopy techniques, reciprocal space measurements and additional time-resolved experiments to complement the wealth of the physical insights provided by the new-generation spectromicroscopes. We then comment on the newly enhanced mechanical and high voltage stabilities and their effects on the accuracy of spectroscopic measurements. The use of temperature-dependent experiments, to bring electron spectroscopy techniques to the standard of other condensed matter physics techniques such as optical and X-ray spectroscopy, is also described. We finish by evaluating the impact of other breakthrough developments, such as energy gain electron spectroscopy or electron-phase manipulation, on the use of ultra-high resolution spectromicroscopes.
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- M Kociak
- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS-UMR 8502, Orsay 91405, France.
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS-UMR 8502, Orsay 91405, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS-UMR 8502, Orsay 91405, France
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