Phase-stepping interferometry of GaAs nanowires: Determining nano-wire radius

D. J. Little; R. L. Kuruwita; A. Joyce; Q. Gao; T. Burgess; C. Jagadish; D. M. Kane

doi:10.1063/1.4825153

Phase-stepping interferometry of GaAs nanowires: Determining nano-wire radius

D. J. Little^*, R. L. Kuruwita, A. Joyce, Q. Gao, T. Burgess, C. Jagadish, D. M. Kane

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Phase stepping interferometry is used to measure the size of near-cylindrical nanowires. Nanowires with nominal radii of 25 nm and 50 nm were used to test this by comparing specific measured optical phase profile values with theoretical values calculated using a wave-optic model of the Phase stepping interferometry (PSI) system. Agreement within 10% was found, which enabled nanowire radii to be predicted within 4% of the nominal value. This demonstration highlights the potential capability for phase stepping interferometry to characterize single nanoparticles of known geometry in the optical far-field.

Original language	English
Article number	161107
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	103
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825153
Publication status	Published - 14 Oct 2013

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