Tip-enhanced Raman scattering from bridged nanocones

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 23790-23795

  Rao, Satish ^a   Huttunen, Mikko J ^b   Kontio, Juha M ^b   Makitalo, Jouni ^b   Viljanen, Milla Riina ^b   Simonen, Janne ^b   Kauranen, Martti ^b   Petrov, Dmitri ^a,c  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET MOLECULES; ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FIELD CALCULATION; GAP SPACING; NANO-CONES; NANO-IMPRINT; NANOANTENNAS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLASMONIC COUPLING;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

EID: 78149422841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.023790     Document Type: Article

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