Influence of Fabrication Methods of Gold and Silver Layers on Surface Plasmon Polaritons Propagation Length

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Authors

  • Parva Chhantyal
  • Tobias Birr
  • Dominik Hinrichs
  • Urs Zywietz
  • Dirk Dorfs
  • Birgit Glasmacher
  • Andrey B. Evlyukhin
  • Carsten Reinhardt

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External Research Organisations

  • Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
  • St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO)
  • Bremen University of Applied Sciences
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1359-1366
Number of pages8
JournalPlasmonics
Volume13
Issue number4
Early online date12 Jul 2017
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2018

Abstract

We present an experimental study of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) propagation length (LSPP) on polycrystalline metal (gold and silver) films, fabricated by evaporation and sputtering techniques on glass substrates. For the excitation of SPPs, polymer grids on the sample surface are used. The SPPs are excited by a He-Ne (633 nm) and the LSPP are measured by grating-coupling method and the leakage radiation microscopy. Dependence of LSPP on the film thickness is also investigated. The longer LSPP is observed with evaporation technique in comparison to the sputtering technique for the silver films. On the other hand, sputtering technique provides longer LSPP for the gold films. Additionally, atomically flat crystalline gold flakes are also considered for the SPPs evaluation. The LSPP estimation on these flakes is carried out for light wavelength of 633 and 800 nm.

Keywords

    Grating-coupling, Leakage radiation microscopy, Propagation length, Surface plasmons polaritons

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
  • Biochemistry

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Influence of Fabrication Methods of Gold and Silver Layers on Surface Plasmon Polaritons Propagation Length. / Chhantyal, Parva; Birr, Tobias; Hinrichs, Dominik et al.
In: Plasmonics, Vol. 13, No. 4, 01.08.2018, p. 1359-1366.

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Chhantyal, P, Birr, T, Hinrichs, D, Zywietz, U, Dorfs, D, Glasmacher, B, Evlyukhin, AB & Reinhardt, C 2018, 'Influence of Fabrication Methods of Gold and Silver Layers on Surface Plasmon Polaritons Propagation Length', Plasmonics, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 1359-1366. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-017-0639-5
Chhantyal, P., Birr, T., Hinrichs, D., Zywietz, U., Dorfs, D., Glasmacher, B., Evlyukhin, A. B., & Reinhardt, C. (2018). Influence of Fabrication Methods of Gold and Silver Layers on Surface Plasmon Polaritons Propagation Length. Plasmonics, 13(4), 1359-1366. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-017-0639-5
Chhantyal P, Birr T, Hinrichs D, Zywietz U, Dorfs D, Glasmacher B et al. Influence of Fabrication Methods of Gold and Silver Layers on Surface Plasmon Polaritons Propagation Length. Plasmonics. 2018 Aug 1;13(4):1359-1366. Epub 2017 Jul 12. doi: 10.1007/s11468-017-0639-5
Chhantyal, Parva ; Birr, Tobias ; Hinrichs, Dominik et al. / Influence of Fabrication Methods of Gold and Silver Layers on Surface Plasmon Polaritons Propagation Length. In: Plasmonics. 2018 ; Vol. 13, No. 4. pp. 1359-1366.
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