Abstract
We study theoretically the temperature dynamics at the metal-dielectric interface excited by a strong pump surface plasmon polariton pulse propagating along it. We demonstrate that the inclusion of the interband transitions leads to much stronger temperature-induced modulation of the imaginary part of the dielectric constant induced by the pump. We show that in the visible part of the spectrum a strong pump field can even lead to the decrease in the extinction coefficient for the co- or contrapropagating probe wave.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 125111 |
Journal | Physical Review B |
Volume | 106 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Sep 2022 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics