Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. 2016. V. 19, N 1. P. 057-061.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/spqeo19.01.057

Optical properties of graphene film growing on a thin copper layer
T.S. Rozouvan1, L.V. Poperenko1, V.G. Kravets2 and I.A. Shaykevich1

1Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Department of Physics, 2, prospect Glushkova, 03187 Kyiv, Ukraine
2School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

Abstract. Optical properties and surface structure of graphene films grown on thin 1-μm copper layer using the chemical vapor deposition method were investigated applying spectroscopic ellipsometry and nanoscopic measurements. Angle-variable ellipsometry measurements were performed to analyze features of optical conductivity and dispersion of the complex refraction index. Significant enhancement of the absorption band in the graphene single layer with respect to the bulk graphite was observed due to interaction between excited localized surface plasmon at the surface of thin Cu layer and graphene’s electrons. Scanning tunneling microscopy measurements with atomic spatial resolution revealed vertical crystal lattice structure of the deposited graphene layer. The obtained results provide direct evidence of the strong influence of the growth conditions on electronic and optical behavior of graphene films.

Keywords: graphene, optical properties, Raman spectroscopy, ellipsometry, scanning tunneling microscopy.

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