SERS enhancements via periodic arrays of gold nanoparticles on silver film structures

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8669-8675

  Montgomery, Jason M ^a   Imre, Alexandra ^a   Welp, Ulrich ^a   Vlasko Vlasov, Vitalii ^a   Gray, Stephen K ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD; METALLIC FILMS; NANOSPHERES; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOSPHERES; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LOCAL SURFACE PLASMONS; SERS ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

EID: 66449123581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008669     Document Type: Article

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