Nano-aperture fabrication for single quantum dot spectroscopy

被引:22
作者
Håkanson, U [1 ]
Persson, J [1 ]
Persson, F [1 ]
Svensson, H [1 ]
Montelius, L [1 ]
Johansson, MKJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Lund Univ, Solid State Phys Nanometer Consortium, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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10.1088/0957-4484/14/6/321
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TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
We present a simple and controllable method for fabricating nano-apertures in a metal film using polystyrene nano-spheres as masks during the metal evaporation. We show how the processing conditions used during deposition of the spheres such as spin velocity, nano-sphere concentration and a reduction of the surface tension interplay and control the distribution of spheres. The fabrication method is ideal for luminescence studies by isolating individual nanometre-sized objects, which is exemplified by photoluminescence spectroscopy of single self-assembled Stranski-Krastanow quantum dots.
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页码:675 / 679
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