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Plasmonic Properties of Thin Annealed Gold Films

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Spectroscopic ellipsometry was used to check plasmonic properties of thin annealed gold films depending on the thickness of the annealed films and parameters of the annealing. It is demonstrated that the position of the plasmonic resonance is defined by the size of produced nanoparticles together with the strength of interparticle interactions. It is shown that the account of interparticle interactions is necessary for the correct description of optical properties of layers of plasmonic nanoparticles.

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Acknowledgments

EB and TM greatly acknowledge the support from OeAD in the frame of Ukraine–Austria bilateral project for the visit of the Johannes Kepler University Linz and are very thankful to Prof. Kurt Hingerl for the possibility to perform these measurements at his department.

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  1. V. Lashkarev Institute of Semiconductor Physics, NAS of Ukraine, ave.Nauki 41, Kyiv, 03028, Ukraine

    E. Bortchagovsky

  2. Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, ave.Glushkov 4g, Kyiv, 03022, Ukraine

    T. Mishakova

  3. Institute of Physics, NAS of Ukraine, ave.Nauki 46, Kyiv, 03028, Ukraine

    V. Styopkin

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Bortchagovsky, E., Mishakova, T. & Styopkin, V. Plasmonic Properties of Thin Annealed Gold Films. Plasmonics 15, 2011–2017 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-020-01227-2

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