Silver nano-particles in fluoride films fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition with auxiliary Electron Beam Evaporation

0425589 - FZÚ 2014 FR eng A - Abstract
Novotný, Michal - Lančok, Ján - Bulíř, Jiří - Hruška, Petr - Fekete, Ladislav - Fitl, Přemysl
Silver nano-particles in fluoride films fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition with auxiliary Electron Beam Evaporation.
E-MRS 2013 Spring Meeting. Strasbourg: European Materials Research Society, 2013.
[E-MRS 2013 Spring Meeting. 27.05.2013-31.05.2013, Strasbourg]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) 7AMB12FR034; GA ČR(CZ) GAP108/11/1312
Grant - others:AVČR(CZ) M100101271
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : lanthanum fluoride * calcium fluoride * thin film * silver nanoparticles * pulsed laser deposition * electron beam evaporation
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism

Nano-structured materials in the form of nano-composite, where the metallic nano-particles (NPs) are distributed in a dielectric matrix, represents new type of material with unique optical properties, which are quite different from those of the particular components. Fluoride materials occupy an original and strategic position in modern optics due to its unique optical and structural properties. In our work we demonstrated successfully fabrication of fluoride thin films with metal NPs by means of combination of two PVD deposition techniques. The silver NPs embedded by LaF3 and LaF3:CaF2 films were fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition techniques (Ag NPs) with auxiliary Electron Beam Evaporation (fluoride matrix) at UHV deposition chamber.
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