Nanostars on a fiber facet with near field enhancement for surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-91

  Sun, M ^a   Wang, Y X ^a   Chen, Z N ^a,b   Gong, Y D ^a   Lim, J L ^a   Qing, X M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

4 Pointed nanostar; Antenna on fiber facet; Near field enhancement; Portable fiber sensor; Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR); Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIBERS; GOLD; NANORODS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SENSORS; SURFACE SCATTERING;

ATTRACTIVE SOLUTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITIES; FIBER SENSOR; NANOSTAR; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NEAR-FIELD INTENSITY; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SYMMETRICAL STRUCTURE;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84897915221     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-013-8001-z     Document Type: Article

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