As electronic and optical devices shrink to the nanoscale, accurate methods for characterizing electromagnetic fields generated by sub-wavelength structures become increasingly important. Absorption in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) via 4th harmonic generation in metallic nanostructures is a way to characterize complex resonance modes. When exposed with a femptosecond Ti:sapphire oscillator, the damaged PMMA surrounding the nanoparticles can be imaged with an scanning electron microscope, creating an electric near-field intensity profile. This occurs without absorbing the fundamental frequency, and provides an accurate visualization of the resonant fields. Localized surface plasmonic near-fields generated by metallic nanorods have been mapped previously with this technique. In this document, nanorods and bowtie antennas are fabricated and the electric near-field intensity imaged with PMMA mapping. We then analyzed this data to determine more about the technique and about what drives the resonance of plasmonic nanoantennas.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VANDERBILT/oai:VANDERBILTETD:etd-11202016-232508 |
| Date | 28 November 2016 |
| Creators | Engerer, Kristin Jean |
| Contributors | Richard Haglund, Jason Valentine |
| Publisher | VANDERBILT |
| Source Sets | Vanderbilt University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11202016-232508/ |
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