Investigating the Optical Properties of a Laser Induced 3D Self-Assembled Carbon–Metal Hybrid Structure

Butt MA, Lesina AC, Neugebauer M, Bauer T, Ramunno L, Vaccari A, Berini P, Petrov Y, Danilov D, Manshina A, Banzer P, Leuchs G (2019)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Small Wiley-VCH Verlag

Book Volume: 15

Article Number: 1900512

Journal Issue: 18

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201900512

Open Access Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/smll.201900512

Abstract

Carbon-based and carbon–metal hybrid materials hold great potential for applications in optics and electronics. Here, a novel material made of carbon and gold–silver nanoparticles is discussed, fabricated using a laser-induced self-assembly process. This self-assembled metamaterial manifests itself in the form of cuboids with lateral dimensions on the order of several micrometers and a height of tens to hundreds of nanometers. The carbon atoms are arranged following an orthorhombic unit cell, with alloy nanoparticles intercalated in the crystalline carbon matrix. The optical properties of this metamaterial are analyzed experimentally using a microscopic Müller matrix measurement approach and reveal a high linear birefringence across the visible spectral range. Theoretical modeling based on local-field theory applied to the carbon matrix links the birefringence to the orthorhombic unit cell, while finite-difference time-domain simulations of the metamaterial relates the observed optical response to the distribution of the alloy nanoparticles and the optical density of the carbon matrix.

Authors with CRIS profile

Martin Neugebauer Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik) Peter Banzer Professur für Experimentalphysik Gerhard Leuchs Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik)

Involved external institutions

University of Ottawa CA Canada (CA) Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) (früher: ITC-irst) IT Italy (IT) Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU) / Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет (СПбГУ) RU Russian Federation (RU) Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Butt, M.A., Lesina, A.C., Neugebauer, M., Bauer, T., Ramunno, L., Vaccari, A.,... Leuchs, G. (2019). Investigating the Optical Properties of a Laser Induced 3D Self-Assembled Carbon–Metal Hybrid Structure. Small, 15(18). https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201900512

MLA:

Butt, Muhammad Abdullah, et al. "Investigating the Optical Properties of a Laser Induced 3D Self-Assembled Carbon–Metal Hybrid Structure." Small 15.18 (2019).

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