Role of near-field enhancement in plasmonic laser nanoablation using gold nanorods on a silicon substrate

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 22556-22571

  Harrison, R K ^a   Ben Yakar, Adela ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GOLD; LASER ABLATION; NANORODS; PLASMONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SILICA; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ABLATION PATTERNS; ABLATION THRESHOLDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FEATURE SIZES; FEMTOSECOND LASER ABLATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; GOLD NANOROD; NANOSCALE FEATURES; NATIVE OXIDE LAYER; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTO-IMPRINTS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; POYNTING VECTORS; ROD-SHAPED; SILICON SUBSTRATES;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; RADIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GOLD; LASERS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; RADIATION; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 78049526066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.022556     Document Type: Article

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