Laser-induced periodic nanoparticle patterns

Autor: Z. Liu, Yaya Lefkir, Francis Vocanson, N. Crespo-Monteiro, Nathalie Destouches, Thierry Epicier, G. Vitrant
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire Hubert Curien [Saint Etienne] (LHC), Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Microélectronique, Electromagnétisme et Photonique - Laboratoire d'Hyperfréquences et Caractérisation (IMEP-LAHC), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Matériaux, ingénierie et science [Villeurbanne] (MATEIS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SPIE
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: SPIE LASE
SPIE LASE, Feb 2014, San Diego, United States. pp.8689-14
Popis: Creating the conditions so that matter naturally self-arranges at the nanoscale under a homogeneous excitation is an exciting challenge for the development of efficient and cost-effective processes. Sub-micrometer periodic templates can be formed spontaneously on materials by low-energy ion sputtering or with lasers. In the latter case, the formation of self-organized grating-like structures requires a high temperature rise and generally results from interactions with ultrashort laser pulses. Recently, a few studies have dealt with self-formed periodic patterns of metal nanoparticle assemblies, but they only reported changes in the spatial and size distributions of metal nanoparticles deposited on surfaces prior to interaction with femtosecond lasers. Here, we show that metal nanoparticles can grow in a selforganized manner within a waveguide illuminated from free-space by a continuous wave visible laser. We report the conditions that give rise to the generation of such 1D nanoparticle gratings and describe the parameters that influence the grating characteristics. We explain the mechanisms involved in the formation of such nanostructures on the basis of interference phenomena between the incident wave and guided modes.
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