Quantum Mechanical Description of Raman Scattering from Molecules in Plasmonic Cavities

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 6291-6298

  Schmidt, Mikolaj K ^a,b   Esteban, Ruben ^b   González Tudela, Alejandro ^c   Giedke, Geza ^b,d   Aizpurua, Javier ^a,b  

^a CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^d BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

plasmonics; quantum electrodynamics; quantum nanooptics; Raman scattering; SERS; Stokes emission

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; MOLECULES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RAMAN SCATTERING;

NANOOPTICS; PLASMONICS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SERS; STOKES EMISSIONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84976588542     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b02484     Document Type: Article

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