Abstract
We report on the thickness-dependent Raman spectroscopy of ultrathin silicon (Si) nanomembranes (NMs), whose thicknesses range from 2 to 18 nm, using several excitation energies. We observe that the Raman intensity depends on the thickness and the excitation energy due to the combined effects of interference and resonance from the band-structure modulation. Furthermore, confined acoustic phonon modes in the ultrathin Si NMs were observed in ultralow-frequency Raman spectra, and strong thickness dependence was observed near the quantum limit, which was explained by calculations based on a photoelastic model. Our results provide a reliable method with which to accurately determine the thickness of Si NMs with thicknesses of less than a few nanometers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7744-7750 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Nano letters |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 Dec 13 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (grant nos. NRF-2015R1A3A2066337, NRF-2016R1A2B3008363, CASE2014M3A6A5060933, and 2011-0031630).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Chemical Society.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Bioengineering
- Chemistry(all)
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanical Engineering