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Atomically Thin Metal-Dielectric Heterostructures by Atomic Layer Deposition.

Pallabi PaulPaul SchmittVilborg Vala SigurjónsdóttirKevin HanemannNadja FeldeSven SchröderFelix OttoMarco GruenewaldTorsten FritzVladimir RoddatisAndreas TünnermannAdriana Szeghalmi
Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces (2023)
Heterostructures increasingly attracted attention over the past several years to enable various optoelectronic and photonic applications. In this work, atomically thin interfaces of Ir/Al 2 O 3 heterostructures compatible with micro-optoelectronic technologies are reported. Their structural and optical properties were determined by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques (XRR, XPS, HRTEM, spectroscopic ellipsometry, and UV/vis/NIR spectrophotometry). The XRR and HRTEM analyses reveal a layer-by-layer growth mechanism of Ir in atomic scale heterostructures, which is different from the typical island-type growth of metals on dielectrics. Alongside, XPS investigations imply the formation of Ir-O-Al bonding at the interfaces for lower Ir concentrations, in contrast to the nanoparticle core-shell structure formation. Precisely tuning the ratio of the constituents ensures the control of the dispersion profile along with a transition from effective dielectric to metallic heterostructures. The Ir coating thickness was varied ranging from a few angstroms to films of about 7 nm in the heterostructures. The transition has been observed in the structures containing individual Ir coating thicknesses of about 2-4 nm. Following this, we show epsilon-near-zero metamaterials with tunable dielectric constants by precisely varying the composition of such heterostructures. Overall, a comprehensive study on structural and optical properties of the metal-dielectric interfaces of Ir/Al 2 O 3 heterostructures was addressed, indicating an extension of the material portfolio available for novel optical functionalities.
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