Title :
1010 electromagnetic SERS enhancement in a nanosphere-plane junction under radially polarized focused excitation
Author :
Jing Long ; Hui Yi ; Hongquan Li ; Xiaolong He ; Tian Yang
Author_Institution :
Nat. Key Lab. of Nano/Micro Fabrication Technol., Univ. of Michigan, Shanghai, China
Abstract :
A monolayer of MGITC molecules in a gold nanosphere-plane junction is excited by focusing a radially polarized laser beam. A record electromagnetic enhancement factor of 1010 for deterministic SERS experiments has been obtained.
Keywords :
gold; laser beams; light polarisation; monolayers; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical focusing; photoexcitation; surface enhanced Raman scattering; 1010 electromagnetic SERS enhancement; Au; MGITC molecules; electromagnetic enhancement factor; gold nanosphere-plane junction; radially polarized focused excitation; radially polarized laser beam; Gold; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Optical scattering; Raman scattering; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA