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Physical optics
Study of the optical and plasmon features in the reflectance spectra of the silver nanoparticle layers deposited from the AgNO$_{3}$ onto the silicon surface
V. A. Tolmachev,
Yu. A. Zharova,
S. A. Grudinkin Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg
Abstract:
The reflectance spectra of Ag layers on a silicon substrate are interpreted using the approach based on the calculation of the reflectance
$R_{\operatorname{calc}}$ spectra of a thin film with variable thickness, which makes it possible to follow the effect of c-Si substrate critical points in the Brillouin zone and the formation of characteristics of bulk Ag at the edge of interband transitions. The calculated
$R_{\operatorname{calc}}$ spectra were compared with the experimental
$R_{\operatorname{exp}}$ spectra of the Ag nanoparticle layers with different morphologies measured at the normal and oblique (45
$^{\circ}$) angle of incidence of light. For a layer consisting of coarser nanoparticles, one can observe a steep dip in the
$R_{\operatorname{exp}}$ spectrum, which almost coincides with the edge of the interband transitions in bulk Ag in the UV range, and a broad dip in the
$R_{\operatorname{exp}}$ spectrum with a minimum at
$\lambda$ = 382 nm, which demonstrates the maximum absorption of the localized plasmon resonance of Ag nanoparticles. For the samples consisting of finer particles, the dip of the interband transitions in the
$R_{\operatorname{exp}}$ spectra is not observed at both angles of incidence, since the deposited Ag nanoparticles did not form a structure with the optical properties of bulk Ag, but the bulk plasmon resonance appeared at
$\lambda\sim$ 335 nm in the longitudinal mode at the oblique angle of incidence.
Keywords:
silicon, silver nanoparticles, reflectance spectra. Received: 02.08.2020
Revised: 02.08.2020
Accepted: 14.08.2020
DOI:
10.21883/OS.2020.12.50324.211-20