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Title: Ag doped silicon nitride nanocomposites for embedded plasmonics

Abstract

The localized surface plasmon-polariton resonance (LSPR) of noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) is widely exploited for enhanced optical spectroscopies of molecules, nonlinear optics, photothermal therapy, photovoltaics, or more recently in plasmoelectronics and photocatalysis. The LSPR frequency depends not only of the noble metal NP material, shape, and size but also of its environment, i.e., of the embedding matrix. In this paper, Ag-NPs have been fabricated by low energy ion beam synthesis in silicon nitride (SiN{sub x}) matrices. By coupling the high refractive index of SiN{sub x} to the relevant choice of dielectric thickness in a SiN{sub x}/Si bilayer for an optimum antireflective effect, a very sharp plasmonic optical interference is obtained in mid-range of the visible spectrum (2.6 eV). The diffusion barrier property of the host SiN{sub x} matrix allows for the introduction of a high amount of Ag and the formation of a high density of Ag-NPs that nucleate during the implantation process. Under specific implantation conditions, in-plane self-organization effects are obtained in this matrix that could be the result of a metastable coarsening regime.

Authors:
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  1. CEMES-CNRS and Université de Toulouse, 29 rue J. Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, Cedex 04 (France)
  2. CIMAP, CNRS/CEA/ENSICAEN/UCBN, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen, Cedex 4 (France)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22482032
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DOPED MATERIALS; EV RANGE 01-10; INTERFERENCE; LAYERS; METALS; MOLECULES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON NITRIDES; SPECTROSCOPY; THERAPY; THICKNESS

Citation Formats

Bayle, M., Bonafos, C., E-mail: bonafos@cemes.fr, Benzo, P., Benassayag, G., Pécassou, B., Carles, R., Khomenkova, L., and Gourbilleau, F. Ag doped silicon nitride nanocomposites for embedded plasmonics. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4930940.
Bayle, M., Bonafos, C., E-mail: bonafos@cemes.fr, Benzo, P., Benassayag, G., Pécassou, B., Carles, R., Khomenkova, L., & Gourbilleau, F. Ag doped silicon nitride nanocomposites for embedded plasmonics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930940
Bayle, M., Bonafos, C., E-mail: bonafos@cemes.fr, Benzo, P., Benassayag, G., Pécassou, B., Carles, R., Khomenkova, L., and Gourbilleau, F. 2015. "Ag doped silicon nitride nanocomposites for embedded plasmonics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930940.
@article{osti_22482032,
title = {Ag doped silicon nitride nanocomposites for embedded plasmonics},
author = {Bayle, M. and Bonafos, C., E-mail: bonafos@cemes.fr and Benzo, P. and Benassayag, G. and Pécassou, B. and Carles, R. and Khomenkova, L. and Gourbilleau, F.},
abstractNote = {The localized surface plasmon-polariton resonance (LSPR) of noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) is widely exploited for enhanced optical spectroscopies of molecules, nonlinear optics, photothermal therapy, photovoltaics, or more recently in plasmoelectronics and photocatalysis. The LSPR frequency depends not only of the noble metal NP material, shape, and size but also of its environment, i.e., of the embedding matrix. In this paper, Ag-NPs have been fabricated by low energy ion beam synthesis in silicon nitride (SiN{sub x}) matrices. By coupling the high refractive index of SiN{sub x} to the relevant choice of dielectric thickness in a SiN{sub x}/Si bilayer for an optimum antireflective effect, a very sharp plasmonic optical interference is obtained in mid-range of the visible spectrum (2.6 eV). The diffusion barrier property of the host SiN{sub x} matrix allows for the introduction of a high amount of Ag and the formation of a high density of Ag-NPs that nucleate during the implantation process. Under specific implantation conditions, in-plane self-organization effects are obtained in this matrix that could be the result of a metastable coarsening regime.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4930940},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22482032}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 10,
volume = 107,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}