Strongly polarized scattering in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of randomly distributed molecules on gold nanowires

Autori

  • B. Fazio CNR IPCF Istituto Processi Chimico-Fisici
  • P. G. Gucciardi CNR IPCF Istituto Processi Chimico-Fisici
  • C. D'Andrea
  • A. Irrera
  • F. Bonaccorso
  • G. Calogero
  • C. Vasi
  • M. Allegrini
  • A. Toma
  • D. Chiappe
  • C. Martella
  • F. Buatier de Mongeot

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1478/C1V89S1P034

Abstract

We study the polarized Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering from randomly oriented molecules adsorbed on near-field coupled gold nanowires. We show that the scattering is polarized always along the wire-to-wire nanocavities. We find the exact angular dependence for the polarized, unpolarized, parallel- and cross-polarized SERS intensity. Finally we develop a model that fits the experimental data and allows to measure the field enhancement and the re-radiation enhancement factors, independently, and retrieve the depolarization ratio of the probe molecules.

Pubblicato

2011-09-15

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Conference Papers