Abstract
We investigated electron emission induced by an intense mid-infrared (MIR) field from a nanoscale aluminum-coated grating. The total photoelectron yields clearly show a resonant-like behavior when frustrated diffraction occurs near the Wood anomaly. This result indicates that a strong near field, which is formed by the localized surface plasmons (LSPs) at the ridge of the grating, can be enhanced by resonantly produced propagating surface plasmons (PSPs) owing to the phase matching between the diffracted light and PSPs. The observed photoelectron spectra can be reproduced well by a simple one-dimensional (1D) model of a near field that contains two parameters: the field enhancement factor, α, and the ridge radius, r0. In addition, we show that the resonant-like photoemission was attributed to the interference of the near fields produced by the LSPs and PSPs in the nanoscale grating structure. These results demonstrate that the nanoscale structure is useful for ultrafast plasmonic electron sources.
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