Linear and nonlinear optical properties of hybrid metallic–dielectric plasmonic nanoantennas

• Mario Hentschel,
• Bernd Metzger,
• Bastian Knabe,
• Karsten Buse and
• Harald Giessen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 111–120, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.13

• , Utikal et al. [61] buried gold gratings within dielectric waveguides consisting of alumina, indium tin oxide, or tungsten trioxide, respectively, and studied the third harmonic spectra. They found that the overall signal is generated not only by the gold itself, but by the dielectric waveguide as well

Mapping bound plasmon propagation on a nanoscale stripe waveguide using quantum dots: influence of spacer layer thickness

• Chamanei S. Perera,
• Alison M. Funston,
• Han-Hao Cheng and
• Kristy C. Vernon

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2046–2051, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.208

• with grating periodicity of 408 nm. Conceptual representation of the excitation setup. The stripe waveguide is excited using the input gratings and light outcoupling is observed at the opposite end. Schematic diagram of the cross section of the sample. Silver stripe waveguide on ITO-coated glass slide

A scanning probe microscope for magnetoresistive cantilevers utilizing a nested scanner design for large-area scans

• Tobias Meier,
• Alexander Förste,
• Ali Tavassolizadeh,
• Karsten Rott,
• Dirk Meyners,
• Roland Gröger,
• Günter Reiss,
• Eckhard Quandt,
• Thomas Schimmel and
• Hendrik Hölscher

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 451–461, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.46

• phase gratings are an example for this type of samples [41]. Imaging such structures with the large-area scanner allows one to image multiple grating periods of 256 × 256 μm2 in a single AFM picture and to overlay them with the optical microscope image obtained during scanning. Such diffractive

• sensitivity and the feedback mechanism when using TMR sensors on AFM cantilevers, we fabricated tipless cantilevers and obtained a suitable resolution on gratings [35]. To increase the lateral resolution, however, sharp tips have to be attached to our cantilevers with TMR sensors. By using a combination of

Photodetectors based on carbon nanotubes deposited by using a spray technique on semi-insulating gallium arsenide

• Domenico Melisi,
• Maria Angela Nitti,
• Marco Valentini,
• Antonio Valentini,
• Teresa Ligonzo,
• Giuseppe De Pascali and
• Marianna Ambrico

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1999–2006, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.208

• contact with respect to the bottom Ti/Au contact. For the sake of clarity, some spectra were shifted up in the plots multiplying them by a factor, as indicated in the figure. The step shown in all the spectra at 750 nm is due to the change of the gratings of the monochromator. Photocurrent as a function

Cathode lens spectromicroscopy: methodology and applications

• T. O. Menteş,
• G. Zamborlini,
• A. Sala and
• A. Locatelli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1873–1886, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.198

• undulators provide an intense X-ray beam with linear horizontal, linear vertical, or circular polarization from below 10 eV up to 1000 eV [24][27][28]. The monochromator makes use of three gratings to cover the entire photon energy range. A spherical grating is used at the low energies below 50 eV, whereas

• two variable line spacing gratings of 200 lines/mm and 400 lines/mm cover the ranges of 50–250 eV and 250–1000 eV, respectively. The footprint of the X-ray beam is about 20 × 5 μm2 (H × V), horizontally elongated because of the grazing incidence. A larger area (up to 30 μm) can be illuminated by

Challenges in realizing ultraflat materials surfaces

• Takashi Yatsui,
• Wataru Nomura,
• Fabrice Stehlin,
• Olivier Soppera,
• Makoto Naruse and
• Motoichi Ohtsu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 875–885, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.99

• gratings, and the inner wall surfaces of cylinders, because it is a non-contact method, i.e., it does not require polishing pads. These potential applications have been confirmed by using the procedure to smooth a substrate with a nanostripe corrugation pattern (Figure 4a and Figure 4b). In particular, the

Template based precursor route for the synthesis of CuInSe₂ nanorod arrays for potential solar cell applications

• Mikhail Pashchanka,
• Jonas Bang,
• Niklas S. A. Gora,
• Ildiko Balog,
• Rudolf C. Hoffmann and
• Jörg J. Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 868–874, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.98

• monochromators, which has gratings for each the NIR- and for the UV–vis-range. Some distinctive features can be observed in comparison with earlier reports on nanostructured CISe materials. As a rule, CuInSe2 CISe nanostructures of different shapes demonstrate a high absorption in the UV region, a maximum peak

Grating-assisted coupling to nanophotonic circuits in microcrystalline diamond thin films

• Patrik Rath,
• Svetlana Khasminskaya,
• Christoph Nebel,
• Christoph Wild and
• Wolfram H.P. Pernice

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 300–305, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.33

• performance. In Figure 3c we show measured results for devices with varying etch depth. The best coupling efficiency of −5.0 dB per coupler is found for devices that are etched half way into the diamond layer (300 nm deep in our case). For weakly etched gratings the maximum coupling efficiency measured in the

• over the coupler bandwidth of 50 nm. (c) The measured coupling efficiency for a pair of grating couplers in dependence of fill factor and etch depth. Optimal performance is obtained for gratings etched half way through the diamond layer. Acknowledgements W.H.P. Pernice acknowledges support by DFG

Grain boundaries and coincidence site lattices in the corneal nanonipple structure of the Mourning Cloak butterfly

• Ken C. Lee and
• Uwe Erb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 292–299, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.32

• gratings that are sensitive to selective wavelengths in the visible and infrared wavelength range. It is suggested that a future study should be concerned with optical measurements to explore if there is indeed any wavelength sensitivity due to diffraction as a result of this unusual structure. Although

Towards multiple readout application of plasmonic arrays

• Dana Cialla,
• Karina Weber,
• René Böhme,
• Uwe Hübner,
• Henrik Schneidewind,
• Matthias Zeisberger,
• Roland Mattheis,
• Robert Möller and
• Jürgen Popp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 501–508, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.54

• unprotected gold layer was removed by Argon ion beam etching. Finally, the entire process was completed with oxygen plasma cleaning. The fabrication process was described in detail previously [21][22][23][34]. Based on the concept of the crossed exposure of two gratings of lines in the resist layer, regularly

Plasmonic nanostructures fabricated using nanosphere-lithography, soft-lithography and plasma etching

• Manuel R. Gonçalves,
• Taron Makaryan,
• Fabian Enderle,
• Stefan Wiedemann,
• Alfred Plettl,
• Othmar Marti and
• Paul Ziemann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 448–458, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.49

• triggered extensive research on nanostructures that support surface plasmons, namely, nanocavities on metal films, arrays of interacting metal particles and gratings. The coupling between light and localized surface plasmons on metal nanostructures that have been favorably tailored leads to a variety of

• reflectance decreased with increasing pattern diameter. For 500 nm patterns no diffraction is expected for λ > 500 nm. Therefore, most of the light was absorbed. Investigations of gratings and small cavities of various shapes have demonstrated strong light confinement [10][61][62][63][64][65]. Thus, etched

Flash laser annealing for controlling size and shape of magnetic alloy nanoparticles

• Damien Alloyeau,
• Christian Ricolleau,
• Cyril Langlois,
• Yann Le Bouar and
• Annick Loiseau

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 55–59, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.7

• produce organized CoPt or any bimetallic NPs on a substrate, by using an accurate patterning of the light field intensity designed by masks or gratings lithography [14][31]. Schematic representation of the experimental setup: the sample is placed behind the back focal plane of a convergent lens. The