Pulsed laser treatment of gold and black gold thin films fabricated by thermal evaporation

• Authors: Michal Novotný , PÅ™emysl Fitl , Anna Sytchkova , Jiří Bulíř , Jan Lanaok , Petr Pokorna , David Najdek , Jia Boan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The effect of pulsed laser treatment of metal, and metal blacks, was studied. Gold and black gold thin films were fabricated by thermal evaporation of gold in a vacuum and nitrogen atmosphere respectively. Black gold films were grown in a nitrogen atmosphere at pressures of 200 Pa and 300 Pa. UV pulsed laser radiation (λ = 266 nm, τ = 4 ns), with fluence ranging from 1 mJ·cm−2 to 250 mJ·cm−2 was used for the film treatment in a vacuum and nitrogen atmosphere. The nitrogen pressure was varied up to 100 kPa. Surface structure modifications were analyzed by optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) was used for chemical characterization of the samples. A significant dependence of the film optical and structural properties on laser treatment conditions (laser fluence, ambient pressure and number of applied pulses) was found. The threshold for observable damage and initiation of changes of morphology for gold and black gold surfaces was determined. Distinct modifications were observed for fluences greater than 106 mJ·cm−2 and 3.5 mJ·cm−2 for the gold and black gold films respectively. Absorbtivity of the black gold film is found to decrease with an increase in the number of laser pulses. Microstructural and nanostructural modifications after laser treatment of the black gold film were observed. EDX analysis revealed that no impurities were introduced into the samples during both the deposition and laser treatment.

Keywords

EN

metal blacks; gold; thermal evaporation; laser treatment; nanostructure

Discipline

• 68.37.Hk: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (including EBIC)
• 68.37.Ps: Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
• 78.68.+m: Optical properties of surfaces
• 81.65.Cf: Surface cleaning, etching, patterning(see also 52.77.Bn Etching and cleaning in physics of plasmas)

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 327-331

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2009

online

26 - 4 - 2009

Contributors

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Michal Novotný

• Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Prague 8, Czech Republic

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Přemysl Fitl

• Department of Physics and Measurements, Institute of Chemical Technology, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic

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Anna Sytchkova

• Optical Coatings Group, ENEA Research Centre, via Anguillarese 301, 00123, Rome, Italy

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Jiří Bulíř

• Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Prague 8, Czech Republic

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Jan Lanaok

• Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Prague 8, Czech Republic

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Petr Pokorna

• Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Prague 8, Czech Republic

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David Najdek

• Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, V Holeaoviakach 2, 180 00, Prague 8, Czech Republic

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Jia Boan

• Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Prague 8, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-009-0027-7