CONTINUOUS SECONDARY LIGHT-EMISSION FROM SILVER FILMS - ON THE ORIGIN OF THE INELASTIC BACKGROUND IN SERS

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AKEMANN, W
OTTO, A
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[1] Lehrstuhl für Oberfldchenwissenschaft (IPkM)
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10.1016/0039-6028(94)91542-3
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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When cryocondensed silver films at 40 K are excited by laser photons in the optical energy range, a broad distribution of secondary photons with an energy shift from 250 cm-1 to beyond 3500 cm-1 is emitted. Upon annealing to 250 K we observe a narrowing of the emission band accompanied by an order of magnitude increase of the peak emission intensity. The emission is quenched by oxygen exposure. The data are explained by a second order light scattering process involving surface state intraband excitations. Tentatively, the excitation band is assigned to the intrinsic surface state at (111) facets.
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