Abstract
Four-wave mixing at plasmonic tip-sample nanojunctions may be used to visualize plasmonic fields with sub-2 nm spatial resolution under ambient laboratory conditions. We illustrate the latter using a gold-coated atomic force microscopy probe irradiated with a pair of near-infrared femtosecond laser pulses and used to image plasmonic gold nanoplates and silver nanocubes. Through diagnostic polarization-dependent tip-only measurements, we illustrate that the four-wave mixing signal is localized to the tip apex. The apex-bound signal is further enhanced when the tip is located at specific locations near plasmonic nanoparticles. Overall, this work paves the way for visualizing chemical transformations as well as coherent electronic and vibrational dynamics with joint femtosecond temporal and few-nanometer spatial resolution under ambient conditions.
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