Open AccessOptical detection and femtosecond spectroscopy of a single nanoparticle
Author(s) -
Hatim Baida,
Aurélien Crut,
Paolo Maioli,
Thanh Bình Nguyễn,
Dai Hung Nguyen,
Natalia Del Fatti,
Fabrice Vallée
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advances in natural sciences nanoscience and nanotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 2043-6262
DOI - 10.1088/2043-6262/2/3/035011
Subject(s) - femtosecond , spectroscopy , materials science , nanoparticle , quantum dot , optoelectronics , femtochemistry , semiconductor , silver nanoparticle , nanotechnology , optics , laser , physics , quantum mechanics
An extension to semiconductor quantum dots of the spatial-modulation technique, demonstrated for the optical detection and linear spectroscopy of a single metal nanoparticle, is described. The association of this approach to a high sensitivity femtosecond pump–probe setup is discussed and applied to the investigation of the acoustic vibration of a single silver nanoparticle.