Ordered gold nanostructures on sapphire surfaces: Fabrication and optical investigations

Journal Article · Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Crystallography Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774512030157· OSTI ID:22054166

Butashin, A V ^[1]; Konovko, A A ^[2]; Smirnov, I S ^[3]; Roshchin, B S; Volkov, Yu O ^[1]; Angelutz, A A; Andreev, A V; Shkurinov, A P ^[2]; Kanevskii, V M; Asadchikov, V E ^[1]

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1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography (Russian Federation)
2. Moscow State University (Russian Federation)
3. Moscow State University of Electronics and Mathematics (Russian Federation)

The possibilities of obtaining ordered gold nanoarrays on sapphire surfaces with oriented nanorelief are demonstrated. The structures are morphologically described using atomic force microscopy data. A study of the angular dependence of the reflectivity in the visible range of electromagnetic waves has revealed some features which are likely to indicate surface plasmon-polariton excitation at the air-gold interface under exposure to p-polarized radiation. The experimental results are found to be in good agreement with the theoretical calculations.

• OSTI ID: 22054166
• Journal Information: Crystallography Reports, Vol. 57, Issue 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7745
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EXCITATION
FABRICATION
GOLD
INTERFACES
NANOSTRUCTURES
REFLECTIVITY
SAPPHIRE
SURFACES