Rapid direct laser writing of desired plasmonic nanostructures

Autor: Tong, Quang Cong, Luong, Mai Hoang, Remmel, Jacqueline, Do, Minh Thanh, Nguyen, Dam Thuy Trang, Lai, Ngoc Diep
Zdroj: Optics Letters; June 2017, Vol. 42 Issue: 12 p2382-2385, 4p
Abstrakt: We demonstrate a direct way to realize arbitrary gold nanostructures via a local dewetting method. This technique was based on the optically induced local thermal effect at the focusing region of a direct laser writing (DLW) system employing a green continuous-wave laser. The local high temperature allowed the creation of gold nano-islands only at the focusing area of the optical system. By moving the focusing spot, this DLW method allowed us to “write” desired two-dimensional gold patterns with a feature size down to sub-lambda. A heat model was also proposed to theoretically explain the localized heating process of the absorbing gold layer. The preliminary results were demonstrated for data storage and color printer applications.
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