Enhanced Raman scattering from self-affine thin films

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作者
Poliakov, EY
Shalaev, VM
Markel, VA
Botet, R
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[1] NEW MEXICO STATE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, LAS CRUCES, NM 88003 USA
[2] UNIV PARIS 11, CTR ORSAY, PHYS SOLIDES LAB, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE
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10.1364/OL.21.001628
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) from a self-affine surface is shown to be very large. A theory is developed expressing this SERS in terms of the eigenmodes of a self-affine surface; the theory successfully explains the observed SERS from cold-deposited thin films that are known to have a self-affine structure. Spatial distributions of local fields at the fundamental and Stokes frequencies are strongly inhomogeneous and contain hot zones (high-field areas) localized in nanometer-sized regions that can be spatially separated for the two waves. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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页码:1628 / 1630
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