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Influence of Particle Oxide Coating on Light Scattering by Submicron Metal Particles on Silicon Wafers

Published

Author(s)

Jae H. Kim, S H. Ehrman, Thomas Germer

Abstract

We report the effect that room temperature oxidation has on the scattering of 633 nm light by copper particles deposited on a silicon wafer. The results provide a validation for a theory of light scattering by coated particles on a substrate and establish the lifetime of these particles as light scattering standards to be on the order of a few months. The results also suggest that the room temperature oxidation of copper particles proceeds in a continuous manner, rather than approaching an asymptotic thickness as found by Cabrera and Mott [Rep. Prog. Phys. 12, 163 (1948)] on copper films.
Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
84
Issue
No 8
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

copper, oxidation, particles, scattering, surfaces

Citation

Kim, J. , Ehrman, S. and Germer, T. (2004), Influence of Particle Oxide Coating on Light Scattering by Submicron Metal Particles on Silicon Wafers, Applied Physics Letters (Accessed May 28, 2023)

Created January 31, 2004, Updated October 12, 2021