RF sputtered amorphous chalcogenide thin films for surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy

Type Article
Date 2013-12
Language English
Author(s) Verger F.1, 2, Nazabal V.1, Colas FlorentORCID3, Nemec P.2, Cardinaud C.4, Baudet E.1, Chahal R.1, Rinnert EmmanuelORCID3, Boukerma KadaORCID3, Peron Isabelle1, Deputier S.1, Guilloux-Viry M.1, Guin J. P.5, Lhermite H.6, Moreac A.7, Compere ChantalORCID3, Bureau Bruno1
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Rennes 1, Inst Sci Chim Rennes, UMR CNRS 6226, F-35042 Rennes, France.
2 : Univ Pardubice, Fac Chem Technol, Dept Graph Arts & Photophys, Pardubice 53210, Czech Republic.
3 : IFREMER, Detect Sensors & Measurements Lab, Technol Res & Dev Dept, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
4 : Univ Nantes, CNRS, UMR6502, Inst Mat Jean Rouxel IMN, F-44322 Nantes 3, France.
5 : Univ Rennes 1, LARMAUR, F-35042 Rennes, France.
6 : Univ Rennes 1, IETR Microelect, F-35042 Rennes, France.
7 : Univ Rennes 1, IPR, UMR CNRS 6251, F-35042 Rennes, France.
Source Optical Materials Express (2159-3930) (Optical Soc Amer), 2013-12 , Vol. 3 , N. 12 , P. 2112-2131
DOI 10.1364/OME.3.002112
WOS© Times Cited 45
Abstract The primary objective of this study is the development of transparent thin film materials in the IR enabling strong infrared absorption of organic compounds in the vicinity of metal nanoparticles by the surface plasmon effect. For developing these optical micro-sensors, hetero-structures combining gold nanoparticles and chalcogenide planar waveguides are fabricated and adequately characterized. Single As2S3 and Ge25Sb10Se65 amorphous chalcogenide thin films are prepared by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. For the fabrication of gold nanoparticles on a chalcogenide planar waveguide, direct current sputtering is employed. Fabricated single layers or hetero-structures are characterized using various techniques to investigate the influence of deposition parameters. The nanoparticles of gold are functionalized by a self-assembled monolayer of 4-nitrothiophenol. Finally, the surface enhanced infrared absorption spectra of 4-nitrothiophenol self-assembled on fabricated Au/Ge-Sb-Se thin films hetero-structures are measured and analyzed. This optical component presents a similar to 24 enhancement factor for the detection of NO2 symmetric stretching vibration band of 4-nitrothiophenol at 1336 cm(-1).
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Verger F., Nazabal V., Colas Florent, Nemec P., Cardinaud C., Baudet E., Chahal R., Rinnert Emmanuel, Boukerma Kada, Peron Isabelle, Deputier S., Guilloux-Viry M., Guin J. P., Lhermite H., Moreac A., Compere Chantal, Bureau Bruno (2013). RF sputtered amorphous chalcogenide thin films for surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy. Optical Materials Express, 3(12), 2112-2131. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.3.002112 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00170/28094/