Creating metallic films by laser irradiation of silver ion exchanged glasses

TY - CONF

T1 - Creating metallic films by laser irradiation of silver ion exchanged glasses

AU - Wackerow, Stefan

AU - Abdolvand, A.

N1 - Presented at poster session CM_P_5

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - Making silver ion-doped glass by field-assisted ion exchange had so far two major applications: the production of optical waveguides, which utilises the change of refractive index, and the generation of silver nanoparticles due to annealing at higher temperatures. Some groups replaced the annealing step by laser irradiation, which resulted in low concentration of silver nanoparticles inside the glass. By producing a glass with a high content of silver ions and reducing agents, and irradiating it with intense ns-pulsed laser we managed to produce a metallic silver film on the surface of the glass. This high concentration could be suitable for several applications: plasmonic waveguides, sensing technology, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and circuitry.

AB - Making silver ion-doped glass by field-assisted ion exchange had so far two major applications: the production of optical waveguides, which utilises the change of refractive index, and the generation of silver nanoparticles due to annealing at higher temperatures. Some groups replaced the annealing step by laser irradiation, which resulted in low concentration of silver nanoparticles inside the glass. By producing a glass with a high content of silver ions and reducing agents, and irradiating it with intense ns-pulsed laser we managed to produce a metallic silver film on the surface of the glass. This high concentration could be suitable for several applications: plasmonic waveguides, sensing technology, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and circuitry.

M3 - Poster

T2 - 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference

Y2 - 12 May 2013 through 16 May 2013

ER -