Multiresonant layered plasmonic films

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2017 · Journal of Nanophotonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.11.016015· OSTI ID:1347838

DeVetter, Brent M. ^[1]; Bernacki, Bruce E. ^[1]; Bennett, Wendy D. ^[1]; Schemer-Kohrn, Alan ^[1]; Alvine, Kyle J. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States

Multi-resonant nanoplasmonic films have numerous applications in areas such as nonlinear optics, sensing, and tamper indication. While techniques such as focused ion beam milling and electron beam lithography can produce high-quality multi-resonant films, these techniques are expensive, serial processes that are difficult to scale at the manufacturing level. Here, we present the fabrication of multi-resonant nanoplasmonic films using a layered stacking technique. Periodically-spaced gold nanocup substrates were fabricated using self-assembled polystyrene nanospheres followed by oxygen plasma etching and metal deposition via magnetron sputter coating. By adjusting etch parameters and initial nanosphere size, it was possible to achieve an optical response ranging from the visible to the near-infrared. Singly resonant, flexible films were first made by performing peel-off using an adhesive-coated polyolefin film. Through stacking layers of the nanofilm, we demonstrate fabrication of multi-resonant films at a fraction of the cost and effort as compared to top-down lithographic techniques.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1347838
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-120674; 400809000
• Journal Information: Journal of Nanophotonics, Journal Name: Journal of Nanophotonics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 11; ISSN 1934-2608
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

nano
optical
plasmonic
resonant