Holographic and e-Beam Image Recording in Ge5As37S58–Se Nanomultilayer Structures

• Published in: Nanoscale research letters Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 39
• Main Authors: Stronski, A., Achimova, E., Paiuk, O., Meshalkin, A., Abashkin, V., Lytvyn, O., Sergeev, S., Prisacar, A., Triduh, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01-12-2016
• Subjects: Chemistry and Materials Science; Materials Science; Molecular Medicine; Nano Express; Nanochemistry; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (NANO-2015); Diffraction gratings; Multilayer nanostructures; Holographic recording; e-beam recording; Chalcogenide glasses
• ISSN: 1931-7573; 1556-276X
• DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1235-x

Processes of e-beam and holographic recording of surface relief structures using Ge
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–Se multilayer nanostructures as registering media were studied in this paper. Optical properties of Ge
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, Se layers, and Ge
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–Se multilayer nanostructures were investigated. Spectral dependencies of refractive index were analyzed within the frames of single oscillator model. Values of optical band gaps for Ge
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, Se layers, and Ge
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–Se multilayer nanostructures were obtained from Tauc dependencies. Using e-beam and holographic recording, diffraction gratings were fabricated in Ge
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–Se multilayer nanostructures. Images of Ukraine and Moldova state emblems were obtained by e-beam recording. Image size consisted of 512 × 512 pixels (size of 1 pixel was ~2 μm). Ge
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–Se multilayer nanostructures are perspective for the direct recording of holographic diffraction gratings and other optical elements.