Optical properties and plasmonic response of silver-gallium nanostructures

Lereu, Aude; Lemarchand, F.; Zerrad, M.; Yazdanpanah, M.; Passian, Ali

doi:10.1063/1.4906950

Optical properties and plasmonic response of silver-gallium nanostructures

Journal Article · Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906950· OSTI ID:1185591

Lereu, Aude ^[1]; Lemarchand, F. ^[2]; Zerrad, M. ^[2]; Yazdanpanah, M. ^[3]; Passian, Ali ^[4]

Aix-Marseille Univ., and CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille (France)
Inst. Fresnel, Marseilles (France)
NaugaNeedles, LLC, Louisville, KY (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Silver and gallium form an alloy Ag₂Ga via a room temperature spontaneous self-assembly that exhibits remarkable mechanical and electrical properties [1] suitable for nanoscale measurements [2]. However, whether photon excitation of plasmons in this emerging nanomaterial is retained or not has not been established. Here, we present a thin lm formation of Ag₂Ga via a spreading- reactive process of liquid Ga on an Ag lm and a characterization of its dielectric function (E) = 1(E) - i ₂(E) in the photon energy range 1.42 eV E <4.2 eV. It is observed that while the plasmon damping increases, near an energy of 3.4 eV, the real part of exhibits a crossing with respect to that of Ag. Furthermore, the impact of new plasmon supporting materials [3] is discussed and in order to enable further applications in plasmonics, the possibility of photon excitation of surface plasmons in Ag₂Ga is studied.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1185591

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1421011
OSTI ID: 22413084

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 117; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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