Title :
SERS of ultra-thin rhodamine 6G layers on Ag nanocrystals
Author :
Ofir, A. ; Kaganovskii, Yu. ; Rosenbluh, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Bar-Ilan Univ., Ramat-Gan
Abstract :
We demonstrate SERS enhancement factor of order of 108 from Rhodamine-6G submonolayers on Ag island films treated by focused laser beam to create specific spatial particle size distribution predicted in Li-Stockman-Bergman model.
Keywords :
laser materials processing; metallic thin films; monolayers; nanostructured materials; particle size; silver; surface enhanced Raman scattering; Ag; Li-Stockman-Bergman model; SERS enhancement factor; focused laser beam treatment; silver island films; silver nanocrystals; specific spatial particle size distribution; surface-enhanced Raman scattering; ultra-thin rhodamine-6G submonolayers; Annealing; Laser beams; Laser modes; Nanocrystals; Optical films; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Particle beams; Silver; Surface treatment; (300.6450) Spectroscopy, Raman; (310.6860) Thin films, optical properties;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628621
