Azimuthal vector beam exciting silver triangular nanoprisms for increasing the performance of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Lu Zhang; Wending Zhang; Fanfan Lu; Zhiqiang Yang; Tianyang Xue; Min Liu; Chao Meng; Peng Li; Dong Mao; Ting Mei; Jianlin Zhao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.001447

Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 12, 1447(2019)

Azimuthal vector beam exciting silver triangular nanoprisms for increasing the performance of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Lu Zhang¹, Wending Zhang^1、*, Fanfan Lu¹, Zhiqiang Yang¹, Tianyang Xue¹, Min Liu¹, Chao Meng¹, Peng Li¹, Dong Mao¹, Ting Mei^1,2, and Jianlin Zhao¹

Author Affiliations

¹MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

²e-mail: ting.mei@ieee.org

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Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics

Received: Aug. 5, 2019

Accepted: Sep. 30, 2019

Published Online: Nov. 20, 2019

The Author Email: Wending Zhang (zhangwd@nwpu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001447

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