Keywords :
'current; Chemical process; Excited-states; Light driven; Nano-scale system; Physical process; Plasmonics; Research areas; Temporal dynamics; Ultra-fast; Physics and Astronomy (all); Physics - Optics; Physics - Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect; Physics - Materials Science; physics.app-ph; Quantum Physics
Abstract :
[en] In the past 20 years, we have reached a broad understanding of many light-driven phenomena in nanoscale systems. The temporal dynamics of the excited states are instead quite challenging to explore, and, at the same time, crucial to study for understanding the origin of fundamental physical and chemical processes. In this review, we examine the current state and prospects of ultrafast phenomena driven by plasmons both from a fundamental and applied point of view. This research area is referred to as ultrafast plasmonics and represents an outstanding playground to tailor and control fast optical and electronic processes at the nanoscale, such as ultrafast optical switching, single photon emission, and strong coupling interactions to tailor photochemical reactions. Here, we provide an overview of the field and describe the methodologies to monitor and control nanoscale phenomena with plasmons at ultrafast timescales in terms of both modeling and experimental characterization. Various directions are showcased, among others recent advances in ultrafast plasmon-driven chemistry and multi-functional plasmonics, in which charge, spin, and lattice degrees of freedom are exploited to provide active control of the optical and electronic properties of nanoscale materials. As the focus shifts to the development of practical devices, such as all-optical transistors, we also emphasize new materials and applications in ultrafast plasmonics and highlight recent development in the relativistic realm. The latter is a promising research field with potential applications in fusion research or particle and light sources providing properties such as attosecond duration.
Funders :
Vetenskapsrådet
HORIZON EUROPE European Innovation Council
Kempestiftelserna
Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg
European Commission
European Research Council
European Regional Development Fund
Vetenskapsrådet
Vetenskapsrådet
Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
Kempestiftelserna
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
European Research Council
Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development
Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
European Commission
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Funding text :
N.M. acknowledges support from the Swedish Research Council (Grant No. 2021\u201305784) and Kempestiftelserna (Grant No. JCK-3122). N.M. and S.C. acknowledge support from the European Innovation Council (Grant No. 101046920 \u201CiSenseDNA\u201D). N.M. and D.B. acknowledge support from the Luxembourg National Research Fund (Grant No. C19/MS/13624497 \u201CULTRON\u201D). N.M., D.B., and S.C. acknowledge support from the European Commission (Grant No. 964363 \u201CProID\u201D). D.B. acknowledges support from the European Research Council (Grant No. 819871 \u201CUpTempo\u201D) and the European Regional Development Fund Program (Grant No. 2017\u201003-022\u201019 \u201CLux-Ultra-Fast\u201D). L.V. acknowledges support from the Swedish Research Council (Grant Nos. 2019\u201002376 and 2020\u201005111), Knut och Alice Wallenberg Stiftelse (Grant No. 2019.0140), and Kempestiftelserna (Grant No. SMK21\u20100017). A.S. and E.C. acknowledge German Research Foundation under e-conversion German\u00FDs Excellence Strategy (Grant No. EXC 2089/1\u2010390776260), the Bavarian program Solar Energies Go Hybrid (SolTech), the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) and the European Research Council (Grant No. 802989 \u201CCATALIGHT\u201D). G.G. acknowledges funding from Agencia Nacional de Promoci\u00F3n de la Investigaci\u00F3n, el Desarrollo Tecnol\u00F3gico y la Innovaci\u00F3n (Grant No. PICT 2019\u201001886), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u00EDficas y T\u00E9cnicas (Grant No. PIP 112 202001 01465) and Universidad de Buenos Aires (Project No. 20020190200296BA). D.J. acknowledges partial support by the Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Grant Nos. FA2386\u201020-1\u20104074 and FA2386\u201021-1\u20104063). M.R. acknowledges support from the German Research Foundation for Walter Benjamin Fellowship (Award No. RA 3646/1\u20101). D.G. acknowledges support from the European Commission (Grant No. 964995 \u201CDNA-FAIRYLIGHTS\u201D). A.N.K. acknowledges support from the Chinese Academy of sciences President's International Fellowship Initiative (Grant No. 2023VMC0020). A.S. acknowledges the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for a postdoctoral fellowship.
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