Optical properties of gold nanorods macro-structure: a numerical study

Authors

  • Arthur Gontier Université de Technologie de Troyes
  • J. Marae-Djouda
  • R. Caputo
  • Y. Madi
  • M. Molinari
  • G. Léveque
  • P.-M. Adam
  • T. Maurer

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https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v9i1.714

Abstract

In this contribution, a numerical study of the optical properties of closely-packed gold nanorods was performed. The studied nano-objects are experimentally grown on a tilted polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate by using physical vapor deposition (PVD). This method creates nanorods tilted to a certain angle with respect to the substrate normal. This geometry allows exciting both transverse and longitudinal modes of the rods. As demonstrated in a previous experimental work, such PVD-grown nano-objects show promising possibilities both as strain gauges or strain-tunable metamaterials if fabricated on a stretchable dielectric substrate. This numerical study is based on experimental data from previous work and pushes further the subject by approaching an optimized nano-structure allowing better strain-sensitivity (particularly by changing the auto-organization of the said nanorods).

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Author Biography

Arthur Gontier, Université de Technologie de Troyes

PhD student at Laboratoire de Nanotechnologie et d'Instrumentation Optique
Institut Charles Delaunay - UMR CNRS 6281

Université de technologie de Troyes

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2017-03-31

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A. Gontier, “Optical properties of gold nanorods macro-structure: a numerical study”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 9, no. 1, pp. pp. 23–25, Mar. 2017.

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