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Line Pattern in Plasma Polymer Films with Embedded Gold and Silver Nanoparticles by Irradiation with Ultrashort Laser Pulses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Andreas Kiesow
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik Heideallee 19, 06120 Halle, Germany
Sven Strohkark
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik Heideallee 19, 06120 Halle, Germany
Katrin Löschner
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik Heideallee 19, 06120 Halle, Germany
Andreas Heilmann
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik Heideallee 19, 06120 Halle, Germany
Alexander Podlipensky
Affiliation:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany
Amin Abdolvand
Affiliation:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany
Gerhard Seifert
Affiliation:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany
Heinrich Graener
Affiliation:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany
Fachgruppe Optik
Affiliation:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany
Fachbereich Physik
Affiliation:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany
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Abstract

A method to generate line pattern structures in thin organic films with embedded gold and silver nanoparticles is introduced. The films are irradiated with ultrashort, linearly polarized laser pulses. As we find out from electron microscopy (TEM, SEM), periodically arranged line-like structures are formed after the irradiation. We have used so far three different laser wavelengths (266 nm, 400 nm, 800 nm). The resulting structure periods in the range of 170 nm to 600 nm indicate a linear correlation of the period length of the line structures and the wavelength of the incident laser light. The direction of the particle lines corresponds to the linear polarization of the laser pulses. The anisotropic structure modification is mirrored in corresponding anisotropic optical film properties.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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