Basic Electromagnetic Theory of SERS

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Analytical, Biophysical and Life Science Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-37

  Etchegoin, Pablo G ^a   Ru, Eric C Le ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bulk metals; Coinage metals; Dielectric function; Enhancement factor; Index of refraction; Lossless Drude model; Plasma frequency; Plasmon resonances; SERS; Surface enhanced fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863310232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527632756.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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