Optical Properties of Noble Metal Clusters in Ultrathin Solid Films |
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Authors: | Olaf Stenzel |
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Affiliation: | (1) Optical Spectroscopy and Molecular Physics, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Institute of Physics, 09107 Chemnitz, Germany |
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Abstract: | We report on the optical properties (absorption, Raman response) of thin and ultrathin phthalocyanine and amorphous silicon films with incorporated noble metal clusters. The metal clusters cause the typical absorption features originating from their surface plasmon resonance. In ultrathin films, due to the spatially close interface, the plasmon absorption may be displaced from its resonance frequency in the bulk, and its average position may be controlled by the average thickness of the ultrathin optical film. For example, we observe a shift of the plasmon resonance of silver clusters in amorphous silicon films (on fused silica) from 440 nm to 740 nm, when the silicon thickness increases from zero up to 9 nm. The deposition experiments are accompanied by investigations of the film structure, particularly in order to estimate the silver cluster diameter, which is around 3 nm or less. |
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Keywords: | Optical properties Raman spectroscopy noble metal clusters |
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