Effects of the tip shape on the localized field enhancement and far field radiation pattern of the plasmonic inverted pyramidal nanostructures with the tips for surfaceenhanced Raman scattering

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 22125-22141

  Cheng, Hsin Hung ^a   Chen, Shih Wen ^a   Chang, Ying Yu ^a   Chu, Jen You ^b   Lin, Ding Zheng ^b   Chen, Yi Ping ^b   Li, Jia Han ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SUBSTRATES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CHEMICAL MOLECULES; FABRICATED STRUCTURES; FAR FIELD RADIATION PATTERNS; FAR-FIELD RADIATION; GEOMETRY PARAMETER; HIGH FIELD; HOT SPOT; IN-SITU; LIGHT FIELDS; LOCALIZED FIELD; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; PLASMONIC; REFLECTION SPECTRA; REMOTE MEASUREMENT; SERS SUBSTRATE; STRONG FIELD ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; THIOPHENOLS; TIP SHAPE; TIP STRUCTURE; TIP TILT;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 80054895257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022125     Document Type: Article

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