Silver-doped nanocomposite glass as a base material for fine metallodielectric microstructuring

TY - GEN

T1 - Silver-doped nanocomposite glass as a base material for fine metallodielectric microstructuring

AU - Abdolvand, Amin

AU - Podlipensky, Alexander

AU - Matthias, Sven

AU - Syrowatka, Frank

AU - Seifert, Gerhard

AU - Graener, Heinrich

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - A simple technique to prepare large-area, regular microstructures in glass containing silver nanoparticles is presented. Here the modification of spatial distribution of the nanoparticles is achieved using a direct current (DC) electric field at moderately elevated temperatures. The technique exploits the recently reported effect of "electric field-assisted dissolution" (EFAD) of silver nanoparticles during which the silver nanoparticles embedded in a glass matrix can be destroyed and dissolved in the glass in form of Ag+ ions by a combination of an intense DC electric field (similar to 1kV) and moderately elevated temperature (similar to 280 degrees C). This process can lead to a total transparency of the nanocomposite glasses, which to our knowledge can not be achieved via any other technique.In this work, the possibility to produce orderly-oriented array of embedded, 2-D, micron size optical structures in silverdoped nanocomposite glass is demonstrated. This could lead to an easy way for production of many useful optical devices based on the composite materials.

AB - A simple technique to prepare large-area, regular microstructures in glass containing silver nanoparticles is presented. Here the modification of spatial distribution of the nanoparticles is achieved using a direct current (DC) electric field at moderately elevated temperatures. The technique exploits the recently reported effect of "electric field-assisted dissolution" (EFAD) of silver nanoparticles during which the silver nanoparticles embedded in a glass matrix can be destroyed and dissolved in the glass in form of Ag+ ions by a combination of an intense DC electric field (similar to 1kV) and moderately elevated temperature (similar to 280 degrees C). This process can lead to a total transparency of the nanocomposite glasses, which to our knowledge can not be achieved via any other technique.In this work, the possibility to produce orderly-oriented array of embedded, 2-D, micron size optical structures in silverdoped nanocomposite glass is demonstrated. This could lead to an easy way for production of many useful optical devices based on the composite materials.

U2 - 10.1117/12.661929

DO - 10.1117/12.661929

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 0819462519

T3 - Proceedings of SPIE

BT - Nanophotonics

A2 - Andrews, David L.

A2 - Nunzi, Jean-Michel

A2 - Ostendorf, Andreas

PB - SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering

CY - Bellingham

T2 - SPIE Photonics Europe 2006: Nanophotonics

Y2 - 3 April 2006 through 7 April 2006

ER -