title: The production of free-standing large aspect ratio metal nanofilms by femtosecond laser separation.
abstract: We demonstrate a new method for the production of free-standing metal films of thickness down to several tens of nanometres. Films of different metals as well as multilayer structures have been produced by means of femtosecond laser-induced separation of evaporated layers from a plane glass surface. This technology enables the production of large-area films with different properties for optical or nanotechnological applications. We study the properties of the film and demonstrate the possibility of high-pass filtering of electrons with an energy of several keV by means of the free-standing films. The physical mechanisms leading to the film separation under femtosecond laser radiation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: ISAS-Institute for Analytical Sciences, Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Strasse 11, 44139 Dortmund, Germany. gurevich@isas.de
authors.forename: Evgeny L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Gurevich
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hergenröder