1,000-Fold Enhancement of Light-Induced Magnetism in Plasmonic Au Nanoparticles
arXiv:1904.11425 · doi:10.1038/s41566-020-0603-3
Abstract
Strategies for ultrafast optical control of magnetism have been a topic of intense research for several decades because of the potential impact in technologies such as magnetic memory, spintronics, and quantum computation, as well as the opportunities for non-linear optical control and modulation in applications such as optical isolation and non-reciprocity. Here we report the first experimental quantification of optically induced magnetization in plasmonic Au nanoparticles due to the inverse Faraday effect (IFE). The induced magnetic moment in nanoparticles is found to be ~1,000x larger than that observed in bulk Au, and ~20x larger than the magnetic moment from optimized magnetic nanoparticle colloids such as magnetite. Furthermore, the magnetization and demagnetization kinetics are instantaneous within the sub-picosecond time resolution of our study, supporting a mechanism of coherent transfer of angular momentum from the circularly polarized excitation to the orbital angular momentum of the electron gas.
arXiv comment13 pages, 5 figures, supplementary information 6 pages. Submitted
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