Volume 205, 2017

First demonstration of surface enhanced-stimulated Raman spectroscopy (SE-SRS) using low-power CW sources

Abstract

Using commercially available nanoparticles, continuous wave Surface-Enhanced Stimulated Raman spectroscopy (CW SE-SRS) is demonstrated for the first time using two Ti:Sapphire lasers producing a pump beam (785 nm, 100 mW) and appropriately varying probe/Stokes beams (860–870 nm, 120 mW). The Ti-Sapphire lasers are co-pumped by a 10 W low noise 532 nm Spectra Physics Millennia laser. Pulsed SE-SRS is also demonstrated using a Coherent Chameleon Ultra laser for the Stokes/probe (863–871 nm) beam and a Coherent Ultra II as the pump laser (785 nm). In both cases lock-in techniques are used to extract the small signal (1 in 109) successfully. These experiments convincingly demonstrate that SRS with CW sources is possible using appropriate nanoparticles, and this realization creates opportunities for a wider range of stimulated Raman spectroscopy applications.

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 4月 2017
Accepted
23 5月 2017
First published
02 10月 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Faraday Discuss., 2017,205, 227-232

First demonstration of surface enhanced-stimulated Raman spectroscopy (SE-SRS) using low-power CW sources

C. L. D. Lee and K. C. Hewitt, Faraday Discuss., 2017, 205, 227 DOI: 10.1039/C7FD00137A

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