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Role of target conditioning on the thermo-optical response of bismuth nanostructures produced by pulsed laser deposition

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This work shows the influence of conditioning the Bi target previous to the pulsed laser deposition of Bi nanocomposite films on their optical and thermo-optical properties. The nanostructured films prepared by alternate pulsed laser deposition at room temperature in vacuum consist of Bi nanostructures (NSs) with different characteristic sizes that are organized in layers and embedded in an amorphous Al2O3 host. Preablation of the Bi target prior to deposition leads to higher Bi concentration and Bi NSs with larger average sizes. As a result a lower optical transmission and an enhanced thermo-optical contrast are observed.

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Acknowledgements

This work has been supported by the EU under project FP7-NMP-2010-Eu-Mexico Grant Agreement no. 263878: Functionalities of Bismuth based Nanostructures (BisNano), by the Spanish CICYT under project MAT2009-14369-C02-02, and by CSIC-CONACYT-2008MX0050 collaborative action. J.T. acknowledges a Juan de la Cierva Grant N° JCI-2009–05098.

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  1. Laser Processing Group, Instituto de Óptica, CSIC, Serrano 121, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    R. Serna, M. Jiménez de Castro & J. Toudert

  2. Departamento de Física, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55-534, México, 09340, DF, Mexico

    E. Haro-Poniatowski

  3. Centro Nacional de Aceleradores, Universidad de Sevilla, Av. Thomas A. Edison, 41092, Sevilla, Spain

    J. García López

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Serna, R., Jiménez de Castro, M., Toudert, J. et al. Role of target conditioning on the thermo-optical response of bismuth nanostructures produced by pulsed laser deposition. Appl. Phys. A 110, 863–867 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7166-1

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