Evolution of multipeak spectral features in SERS reveals atomic-scale structural fluctuations in plasmonic nanocavities

Wenjin Zhou; Lei Xi; Min Yang; Guofeng Zhang; Chengbing Qin; Jianyong Hu; Yao Zhang; Ruiyun Chen; Liantuan Xiao; Suotang Jia

doi:10.3788/COL202523.043602

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 4, 043602(2025)

Evolution of multipeak spectral features in SERS reveals atomic-scale structural fluctuations in plasmonic nanocavities

Wenjin Zhou1...2, Lei Xi1,2, Min Yang1,2, Guofeng Zhang1,2, Chengbing Qin1,2, Jianyong Hu1,2, Yao Zhang3, Ruiyun Chen1,2,*, Liantuan Xiao1,2,**, and Suotang Jia12 |Show fewer author(s)

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¹State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

³Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

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