Abstract

By using an evaporated silver film that has a continuously varying thickness, we have demonstrated the dependence of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) on the dielectric properties of the film. These results support local field models that are based on metal-particle resonances for SERS.

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Excitation spectra of surface-enhanced Raman scattering on silver-island films

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Optical absorption resonances of dye-coated silver-island films

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