Morphology and effective dielectric functions of ultra-thin gold films

• Published in: Journal 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...