Abstract
Photon emission spectra from submicron silver particles induced by an electron beam have been measured using a light detection system combined with a 200-kV transmission electron microscope. Multiple peaks appear in the spectra associated with collective plasmon excitations produced in the particles by the incident electrons. The wavelengths of these peaks are observed to shift towards larger values with increasing particle diameter, as predicted by Mie theory. Moreover, photon maps have been obtained in a scanning mode and they indicate that those peaks correspond to the multipole modes of electromagnetic oscillations in metallic spheres (Mie resonances). The spectral shape of the emission and the dependence on particle size, impact parameter, and electron energy are well explained from theoretical calculations of the photon emission probability derived from a fully retarded analytical treatment of the interaction of fast electrons with metallic spheres.
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ElectronAtomic physicsPhysicsPlasmonPhotonSpectral lineMultipole expansionMolecular physicsOptics
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- 64
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Naoki Yamamoto,
K. Araya,
F. Javier Garcı́a de Abajo
(2001).
Photon emission from silver particles induced by a high-energy electron beam.
Physical review. B, Condensed matter
, 64
(20)
.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.64.205419
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- 10.1103/physrevb.64.205419