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Nonlinear photoemission from single nanostructures is investigated over a broad wavelength range in the near- and mid-infrared. The field enhancement at a nanotip apex and mid-infrared excitation enable sub-cycle dynamics, where electrons are ejected from the near-field within a fraction of the optical half-cycle. The implications of this field-driven acceleration are studied via photoemission spectrocopy and numerical simulations.
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Herink, G., Solli, D.R., Gulde, M., Bormann, R., Ropers, C. (2015). Strong-Field Photoemission from Metallic Nanotips. In: Sakabe, S., Lienau, C., Grunwald, R. (eds) Progress in Nonlinear Nano-Optics. Nano-Optics and Nanophotonics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12217-5_10
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