Morphology and effective dielectric functions of ultra-thin gold films

In the present study, a new method for analyzing the dielectric functions in dependence with the thickness of ultra-thin gold films is proposed. The reliability of the method is carefully verified through the correlation of optical properties and structural morphology of gold films at thicknesses ar...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 1092; no. 1; pp. 12167 - 12170
Main Authors Yakubovsky, D I, Kirtaev, R V, Stebunov, Y S, Arsenin, A V, Volkov, V S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.09.2018
Subjects
Aluminum
Continuity (mathematics)
Dielectrics
Electron microscopes
Elliptic fitting
Gold
Morphology
Optical properties
Percolation
Spectroellipsometry
Thickness
Thin films
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Summary:In the present study, a new method for analyzing the dielectric functions in dependence with the thickness of ultra-thin gold films is proposed. The reliability of the method is carefully verified through the correlation of optical properties and structural morphology of gold films at thicknesses around the percolation threshold (from 2 to 20 nm). The optical characterization of deposited films is performed in visible and NIR regions (300-1500 nm) by a spectroscopic ellipsometry along with transmission spectra measurements at normal incidence. Fitting of the ellipsometric data allows one to calculate the effective complex dielectric function of cluster-like and continuous films of different mass-equivalent thickness. Surface morphology of the films is analysed by scanning electron microscopy.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/1092/1/012167