October 3, 2019
      
                  
        
  Author(s)
  Robert  Lemasters,   Cheng  Zhang,   Manoj  Manjare,   Wenqi  Zhu,   Junyeob  Song,   Sergei  Urazhdin,   Henri  Lezec,   Amit  Agrawal,   Hayk  Harutyunyan
 
       
            
    
    
        Ultrathin gold films are attractive for plasmonic and metamaterial devices, thanks to their useful optical and optoelectronic properties. However, deposition of ultrathin continuous Au films of few nanometer thickness is challenging and generally requires