Abstract
In this report, we investigate the statistical temporal distribution of nonlinear upconverted photoluminescence emitted by gold and silver nanostructures excited by focused near-infrared laser pulses. We systematically observe a clear signature of photon bunching regardless of the nano-object’s geometry, material’s crystalline arrangement, and electronic band structure. The similarity of the data obtained across very different plasmonic objects confirms that these types of nonlinear radiation share a common chaotic origin and result from a collection of emitters. The correlation of photons at a picosecond time scale released by nanoscale nonlinear sources of broadband radiation may be used in plasmonic devices to develop new data temporal and spatial processing functionalities.
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