Nanostructuring of thin Au films by means of short UV laser pulses

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-332

  Grochowska, K ^a   Nedyalkov, N ^b   Atanasov, P ^b   Sliwinski G ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Au nanoparticles; nanostructuring; surface enhanced Raman signal (SERS); thin Au films

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; GLASS; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

AU FILM; NANO-STRUCTURING; NANOSTRUCTURED PARTICLES; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; RESONANT ABSORPTION; SIZE AND SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 79958769829     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-011-0029-z     Document Type: Article

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