Holographic free-electron light source

Guanhai Li, Brendan P. Clarke, Jin-Kyu So (), Kevin F. MacDonald () and Nikolay I. Zheludev
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Guanhai Li: Optoelectronics Research Centre & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton
Brendan P. Clarke: Optoelectronics Research Centre & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton
Jin-Kyu So: Optoelectronics Research Centre & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton
Kevin F. MacDonald: Optoelectronics Research Centre & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton
Nikolay I. Zheludev: Optoelectronics Research Centre & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Recent advances in the physics and technology of light generation via free-electron proximity and impact interactions with nanostructures (gratings, photonic crystals, nano-undulators, metamaterials and antenna arrays) have enabled the development of nanoscale-resolution techniques for such applications as mapping plasmons, studying nanoparticle structural transformations and characterizing luminescent materials (including time-resolved measurements). Here, we introduce a universal approach allowing generation of light with prescribed wavelength, direction, divergence and topological charge via point-excitation of holographic plasmonic metasurfaces. It is illustrated using medium-energy free-electron injection to generate highly-directional visible to near-infrared light beams, at selected wavelengths in prescribed azimuthal and polar directions, with brightness two orders of magnitude higher than that from an unstructured surface, and vortex beams with topological charge up to ten. Such emitters, with micron-scale dimensions and the freedom to fully control radiation parameters, offer novel applications in nano-spectroscopy, nano-chemistry and sensing.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13705

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