Pre-determining the location of electromigrated gaps by nonlinear optical imaging

Journal Article · Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890415· OSTI ID:22311060

Mennemanteuil, M. -M.; Dellinger, J.; Buret, M.; Colas des Francs, G.

In this paper we describe a nonlinear imaging method employed to spatially map the occurrence of constrictions occurring on an electrically stressed gold nanowire. The approach consists at measuring the influence of a tightly focused ultrafast pulsed laser on the electronic transport in the nanowire. We found that structural defects distributed along the nanowire are efficient nonlinear optical sources of radiation and that the differential conductance is significantly decreased when the laser is incident on such electrically induced morphological changes. This imaging technique is applied to pre-determine the location of the electrical failure before it occurs.

• OSTI ID: 22311060
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 2; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
DEFECTS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
FAILURES
GOLD
LASER RADIATION
NANOWIRES
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
PULSES
STRESSES