RT Journal Article
T1 Laser-induced thermoelectric effects in electrically biased nanoscale constrictions
A1 Mennemanteouil, Marie-Maxime
A1 Colas-des-Francs, Gérard
A1 Buret, Mickaël
A1 Dasgupta, Arindam
A1 Cuadrado, Alexander
A1 Alda, Javier
A1 Bouhelier, Alexandre
AB Electrically biased metal nanostructures are at the core of innovative multifunctional integrated devices that control the flow of electrons and photons at the nanoscale. They are based on plasmonic structures that create strongly confined fields, typically associated with large temperature gradients. These thermal effects may generate artifact responses detrimental to the desired operation. We show here how a biasing polarity and a local optical excitation asymmetry of a generic geometry – a nanoscale constriction – interplay thermally to modify the diffusive electron transport in out-of-equilibrium conditions. Our experimental results are accompanied with computational electromagnetism and multiphysics simulations.
PB Gruyter
SN 2192-8614
YR 2018
FD 2018-10-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12962
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12962
LA eng
NO En abierto en la web del editor. Received: 2018-07-04; Revised: 2018-09-04; Accepted: 2018-09-24; Published Online: 2018-10-11
NO Unión Europea. FP7
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025