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Nanostructuring of Continuous Gold Film by Laser Radiation Under Surface Plasmon Polariton Resonance Conditions

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The physical mechanisms of metallic nanoparticles formation by laser technology were studied. The system air/Au film/glass was irradiated by laser at the conditions of surface plasmon resonance. A surface electromagnetic wave was excited in Kretchmann configuration by the fundamental and second harmonics of the Q-switched YAG/Nd+3 laser with pulse power density close to the threshold of melting. Nanostructuring of Au film was observed only for the second harmonic (λ = 0.532 μm) irradiation at the surface plasmon polariton resonance (SPR) conditions. Estimations were done using the interference model of the differently directed plasmon polariton waves excited by a surface electromagnetic wave on the metal surface. It was shown that a regular pattern of locally heated spots can be formed in a metallic film by pulsed laser irradiation. The spatial distribution of this pattern is close to the period of interference. The observed effect of laser nanofragmentation is explained by the self-organization of plasmon polariton subsystem in the process of Au nanoparticles formation at high laser intensity levels. These methods open new possibilities for nanostructured surfaces formation utilizing simple self-organization processes.

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The authors thank Dr. M. Dmytruk and Dr. Yu. Tarasov for their interest in this work, Dr. G. Rud’ko for useful discussion, and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for the support.

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  1. V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 45 Pr. Nauki, 03028, Kiev, Ukraine

    Leonid Fedorenko, Sergey Mamykin, Oksana Lytvyn, Yulia Burlachenko & Boris Snopok

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Fedorenko, L., Mamykin, S., Lytvyn, O. et al. Nanostructuring of Continuous Gold Film by Laser Radiation Under Surface Plasmon Polariton Resonance Conditions. Plasmonics 6, 363–371 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-011-9212-9

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