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Deferred action of illumination on the relaxation of a granular silver film when it is thermally annealed

Vartanyan, T.A., Leonov, N.B., Przhibelskiy, S.G.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Вартанян Т.А., Леонов Н.Б., Пржибельский С.Г. Отложенное действие освещения на релаксацию гранулированной серебряной пленки при термическом отжиге // Оптический журнал. 2013. Т. 80. № 2. С. 24–28.

Vartanyan T.A., Leonov N.B., Przhibelskiy S.G. Deferred action of illumination on the relaxation of a granular silver film when it is thermally annealed [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2013. V. 80. № 2. P. 24–28.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

T. A. Vartanyan, N. B. Leonov, and S. G. Przhibel’skiĭ, "Deferred action of illumination on the relaxation of a granular silver film when it is thermally annealed," Journal of Optical Technology. 80(2), 88-90 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.80.000088

Abstract:

It has been detected that UV radiation in the 300–400 nm wavelength interval affects the rate and final result of subsequent thermal annealing of a thin silver film on a sapphire substrate. Whereas the annealing of unirradiated films rapidly causes them to decay and causes the formation of individual fine particles of round shape, larger particles of irregular shape are formed when irradiated films are annealed, while the changes themselves occur significantly more slowly.

Keywords:

relaxation processes photoactivation, extinction spectra, granular metallic films, nanostructures

Acknowledgements:

This work was carried out as part of State Contract 02.740.11.0536.

OCIS codes: 260.0260, 1000.10000

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