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Optical properties of single crystal silver thin films on mica for high performance

Optical properties of single crystal silver thin films on mica for high performance
Optical properties of single crystal silver thin films on mica for high performance
We systematically investigate the optical properties of silver films to clear up the inconsistency in the published values of the dielectric function of silver. The silver films were deposited on mica by using a facing target sputtering system, which yielded large area single crystal of silver suitable for the fabrication of high-finesse plasmonic devices and metamaterials. We confirmed that wide variations in the optical properties of silver were associated with the overall quality of the silver films including crystal structure, thickness, and surface roughness. The quality factor of the surface plasmon polaritons calculated for the obtained single crystal is 5×103, which is about five times higher than that for polycrystalline films.
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Uchino, Takashi
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Koiwa, T.
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Ou, Jun-Yu
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Fedotov, Vassili
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Uchino, Takashi
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Koiwa, T.
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Ou, Jun-Yu
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Fedotov, Vassili
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Uchino, Takashi, Koiwa, T., Ou, Jun-Yu and Fedotov, Vassili (2018) Optical properties of single crystal silver thin films on mica for high performance. Optical Materials Express, 8 (6), 1642-1649. (doi:10.1364/OME.8.001642).

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We systematically investigate the optical properties of silver films to clear up the inconsistency in the published values of the dielectric function of silver. The silver films were deposited on mica by using a facing target sputtering system, which yielded large area single crystal of silver suitable for the fabrication of high-finesse plasmonic devices and metamaterials. We confirmed that wide variations in the optical properties of silver were associated with the overall quality of the silver films including crystal structure, thickness, and surface roughness. The quality factor of the surface plasmon polaritons calculated for the obtained single crystal is 5×103, which is about five times higher than that for polycrystalline films.

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Accepted/In Press date: 16 May 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 30 May 2018
Published date: June 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 421230
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421230
PURE UUID: 90928452-eae5-4f36-9e8e-26a2954c883f
ORCID for Jun-Yu Ou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8028-6130

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Date deposited: 25 May 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:41

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Author: Takashi Uchino
Author: T. Koiwa
Author: Jun-Yu Ou ORCID iD
Author: Vassili Fedotov

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