Interacting Surface Plasmon with Electron Beam and Acoustic Vibration

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dc.contributor.advisorNordlander, Peteren_US
dc.creatorZhang, Yueen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T19:55:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-05-16T19:55:00Zen_US
dc.date.created2017-08en_US
dc.date.issued2017-05-04en_US
dc.date.submittedAugust 2017en_US
dc.date.updated2019-05-16T19:55:01Zen_US
dc.description.abstractSurface plasmon, collaborative oscillation of conduction band electrons in metal, has attracted research attention very much, due to its potential applications to many fields, such as sensing, photodetector, photocatalysis and imaging. It benefits from easily tunable resonance from ultra-violet (UV) to infrared by many factors like environment, structure size, shape, material and coupling between individual structures. This thesis will cover two parts of surface plasmon: (1) imaging surface plasmon with electron spectroscopies and (2) acoustic vibration excited by surface plasmon. Electron excited plasmon method can achieve high spatial resolution and energy resolution than optical spectroscopy. This makes it a great to image and map surface plasmon. Building corresponding simulation model help us to have deep understanding about how electrons interact with material and excite surface plasmon. Acoustic vibration excited by surface plasmon is also important. After plasmon excited by a femtosecond laser, it will generate hot electron which will further transfer energy to phonon and launch acoustic vibration. This thesis shows how to find a good excitation and probing condition to generate acoustic vibration.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationZhang, Yue. "Interacting Surface Plasmon with Electron Beam and Acoustic Vibration." (2017) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105452">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105452</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105452en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectElectron Spectroscopyen_US
dc.subjectEELSen_US
dc.subjectAcoustic Vibrationen_US
dc.subjectCathodoluminescenceen_US
dc.titleInteracting Surface Plasmon with Electron Beam and Acoustic Vibrationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentApplied Physicsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.majorApplied Physics/Physicsen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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