Optical and holographic properties of nano-sized As2S3 films

Autor: J Dikova, I. Vlaeva, S. Sainov, Temenuzhka Yovcheva, Tz. Babeva
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 50:838-843
ISSN: 0143-8166
Popis: The theoretical background as well as the experimental results of evanescent wave holographic recording with grating periods of 3.2, 0.88 and 0.37 mm (spatial frequencies of 310 mm � 1 , 1140 mm � 1 and 2700 mm � 1 ) in nano-sized As2S3 films with thicknesses of 29 nm, 15 nm and 10 nm are presented. The grating recording has been performed using the interference of surface-propagating evanescent waves, created by total internal light reflection. The maximum diffraction efficiency of 5.6 � 10 � 3 % has been achieved for grating period of 0.88 mm and sample thickness of 15 nm. Besides, the optical characteristics as refractive index n and extinction coefficient k of the films studied have been determined from spectrophotometric measurements in 250–650 nm wavelength region. Furthermore, drawing a connection to our previous morphological investigations, the existence of a strong relationship between microstructure, optical and holographic behavior of nano-sized As2S3 films has been revealed. On this basis the possibility of applying the evanescent – wave holography as a useful nanotool for studying structures and different phenomena at nanometer scale has been outlined. & 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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