Abstract
We fabricated nano-protrusions on metallic multilayers by nano-oxidation with atomic force microscope (AFM). Two types of multilayers, namely Ti/Au/Ti and Ti/Ag/Ti were prepared, where the thickness of each layer was below ∼10 nm. For the fabricated samples, we obtained near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM) images. With the NSOM image, we examined the light-intensity ratio of nano-protrusion to background and found that the light-intensity ratio was increased only in the Ti/Au/Ti sample. This result might be attributed to the resonant coupling of surface plasmon (SP) to the incident light from the NSOM tip, which was consistent with the results of transmittance spectra.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | S229-S232 |
| Journal | Journal of the Korean Physical Society |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | SUPPL. 1 |
| State | Published - Aug 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Nano-protrusion
- NSOM
- Optical memory
- Surface plasmon