Localized enhancement of electric field in tipenhanced Raman spectroscopy using radially and linearly polarized light

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 25271-25276

  Kazemi Zanjani, Nastaran ^a   Vedraine, Sylvain ^a   Lagugné Labarthet, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC FIELD INDUCED; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; OPTICAL EFFECTS; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; RADIALLY POLARIZED; SIDE BY SIDES; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 84886391677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.025271     Document Type: Article

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