Surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering in optical tweezers using co-axial second harmonic generation

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4148-4153

  Jordan, Pamela ^a   Cooper, Jon ^a   McNay, Graeme ^b   Docherty, Frances T ^b   Graham, Duncan ^b   Smith, W Ewen ^b   Sinclair, Gavin ^a   Padgett, Miles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; HARMONIC GENERATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICA; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LASER LIGHTS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SILICA PARTICLES; SURFACE-ENHANCED RESONANCE RAMAN SCATTERING (SERRS);

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 21244468298     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004148     Document Type: Article

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