Title :
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) using nanopillar arrays as functional substrates and an organic semiconductor DFB laser as excitation source
Author :
Xin Liu ; Lebedkin, Sergei ; Pfleging, Wilhelm ; Besser, Heino ; Wissmann, Markus ; Nazarenko, Irina ; Mappes, Timo ; Koeber, S. ; Koos, C. ; Kappes, Manfred ; Lemmer, Uli
Author_Institution :
Light Technol. Inst., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate an organic semiconductor distributed feedback (DFB) laser as excitation source in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). SERS-active substrates comprising nanopillar arrays were fabricated by the technique of laser-assisted nano-replication.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; laser materials processing; light sources; nanofabrication; nanophotonics; optical arrays; optical fabrication; organic semiconductors; semiconductor lasers; surface enhanced Raman scattering; SERS-active substrates; excitation source; laser-assisted nano-replication; nanopillar array fabrication; organic semiconductor DFB laser; organic semiconductor distributed feedback laser; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Semiconductor laser arrays; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
