Ultrafast Time-Resolved Near-Field Imaging of Gold Nanorods

In summary, it has been demonstrated that plasmon-mode wavefunctions of gold nanoparticles resonant with the incident light can be visualized by near-field transmission imaging. 

Ultrafast Time-Resolved Near-Field Imaging of Cold Nanorods 

respectively. The dark and bright parts in (c)—(e) indicate the bleached and induced absorption regions, respectively. The approximate position of the nanorod is indicated by the broken line in each panel. 

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