Atomic force microscopy reconstruction of complex-shaped chiral plasmonic nanostructures
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2016-09-09 v2 Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Abstract
A significant part of the optical metamaterial phenomena has the plasmonic nature and their investigation requires very accurate knowledge of the fabricated structures shape with a focus on the periodical features. We describe a consistent approach to the shape reconstruction of the plasmonic nanostructures. This includes vertical and tilted spike AFM probes fabrication, AFM imaging and specific post-processing. We studied a complex-shaped chiral metamaterial and conclude that the described post-processing routine extends possibilities of the existing deconvolution algorithms in the case of periodical structures with known rotational symmetry, by providing valuable information about periodical features.
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@article{arxiv.1608.04648,
title = {Atomic force microscopy reconstruction of complex-shaped chiral plasmonic nanostructures},
author = {Alexey V. Kondratov and Oleg Y. Rogov and Radmir V. Gainutdinov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.04648},
year = {2016}
}