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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 78, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.205409
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While the optical properties of thin metal films are well understood in the visible and near-infrared range, little has been done in the midinfrared and far-infrared region. Here we investigate ultrathin gold films prepared on Si(111)(7x7) in UHV by measuring in the frequency range between 500 and 7000 cm(-1) and for temperatures between 300 and 5 K. The nominal thickness of the gold layers ranges between one monolayer and 9 nm. The frequency and temperature dependences of the thicker films can be well described by the Drude model of a metal when taking into account classical size effects due to surface scattering. The films below the percolation threshold exhibit a nonmetallic behavior; the reflection increases with frequency and decreases with temperature. The frequency dependence can partly be described by a generalized Drude model. The temperature dependence does not follow a simple activation process. For monolayers we observe a transition between surface states around 1100 cm(-1).
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