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The light-matter interaction between metallic nanoparticles and an electromagnetic wave happens on a very fast time scale and, as we have discussed in Sect. 2.7, already after a few femtoseconds the plasmonic excitations start to vanish again . The temporal evolution and this ultrafast relaxation of surface plasmon polaritons is of central importance for many kinds of plasmonic applications. It is amazing that we can explore such rapid dynamic processes with experiments nowadays. One way to enter the ultrafast world of plasmon dephasing is given by nonlinear autocorrelation measurements, which allow us to determine sub-10 fs decay times. Usually a bandwidth-limited laser pulse working in the few-cycle regime is used to excite nonlinear effects which serve as a non-invasive monitor for the plasmon dynamics [1].
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Trügler, A. (2016). Nonlinear Optical Effects of Plasmonic Nanoparticles. In: Optical Properties of Metallic Nanoparticles. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 232. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25074-8_7
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