Sub-Cycle Effects in Carrier-Envelope-Phase-Sensitive Photoemission from Plasmonic Nanoparticles

• DOI: 10.1364/cleo_qels.2018.ff3d.4
• Publication Date: 2018-05-07T14:15:27Z
• Authors: W. P. Putnam; P. D. Keathley; R. G. Hobbs; P. Vasireddy; K. K. Berggren; F. X. Kärtner
• Keywords: Carrier-envelope phase; Photocurrent; Plasmonic Nanoparticles; Envelope (radar)

We study carrier-envelope-phase-sensitive (CEP-sensitive) photoemission from plasmonic nanoparticles illuminated with few-cycle laser pulses of varying intensity. The CEP- sensitive photocurrent exhibits antiresonant-like behavior due to competing emission different optical half-cycles.