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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages 4126-4138Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.004126
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Localized surface plasmons-polaritons represent collective behavior of free electrons confined to metal particles. This effect may be used for enhancing efficiency of solar cells and for other opto-electronic applications. Plasmon resonance strongly affects optical properties of ultrathin, island-like, metal films. In the present work, the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method is used to model transmittance spectra of thin gold island films grown on a glass substrate. The FDTD calculations were performed for island structure, corresponding to the Volmer-Weber model of thin film growth. The proposed simulation model is based on fitting of experimental data on nanostructure of ultra-thin gold films, reported in several independent studies, to the FDTD simulation setup. The results of FDTD modeling are then compared to the experimentally measured transmittance spectra of prepared thin gold films and found to be in a good agreement with experimental data. (C)2013 Optical Society of America
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