Saturday, April 3, 2010

[nano/optics/thermal]Mapping Heat Origin in Plasmonic Structures

We investigate the physics of photoinduced heat generation in plasmonic structures by using a novel thermal microscopy technique based on molecular fluorescence polarization anisotropy. This technique enables us to image the heat source distribution in light-absorbing systems such as plasmonic nanostructures. ...

http://prl.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v104/i13/e136805

[nice: localized heating by shining light on gold nanoparticles/nanowires; localized thermometry by molecular rotational polarization spectroscopy!]

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