Raman scattering in the Bi2TeO5 single crystal

Polarized Raman spectra of the Bi₂TeO₅ single crystal have been investigated for the first time. The group-theoretic analysis of the first-order vibrational spectra is performed. The number of the experimentally observed bands is less than the predicted number of normal modes. The spectral ranges with similar bands are revealed. Some ranges in the spectra of Bi₂TeO₅ are identified from the spectral data for the materials containing bismuth-oxygen and tellurium-oxygen complexes.     

Polarized Raman scattering and infrared spectroscopy of a natural manganocolumbite single crystal

A well‐ordered natural manganocolumbite single crystal of high quality was used as a prototype for the first determination of the polarized optical phonon modes of materials with the columbite structure. Electron microprobe and X‐ray diffraction characterizations determined the chemical formula as Mn_0.60Fe_0.40(Nb_0.80Ta_0.20)₂O₆, a cationic ordering of 81%, and the crystal structure as belonging to the Pbcn group. Polarized Raman and infrared‐reflectivity spectroscopies on oriented samples allowed us to discern 50 of the 54 predicted gerade (Raman) modes and 31 of the 38 predicted ungerade (infrared) modes for the columbite structure. The selection rules were verified, and polarization leaks only due to slight sample misorientation, confirming the high purity, ordering and quality of the material. From the polar phonon spectra, intrinsic dielectric merit factors < ε_r> = 29.2 and < Q_u × f> of 64 THz were determined, showing adequate values for designing applications in microwave circuitry. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Piezoelectric measurements on BiFeO3 single crystal by Raman scattering

The piezoelectric response of BiFeO₃ at low temperature has been investigated by Raman scattering measurements. The application of an external electric field at T=10 K induces frequency shifts of the lowest frequency mode related to the Bi-O bonds and corresponding to the soft mode of the ferroelectric transition. The piezoelectric effect is responsible for the softening of this mode via the tensile stress leading to the expansion of the crystal. The phonon deformation potential associated with the soft mode has been estimated around −200 cm⁻¹/strain units using the linear piezoelectric coefficient d₃₃=16 pm/V. It found in the range of the ones obtained for typical piezoelectrics.     

KDP晶体受激拉曼散射特性

详细比较了磷酸二氢钾(KDP)晶体的自发拉曼散射和受激拉曼散射光谱,在受激拉曼散射(SRS)中观察到了自发拉曼散射中最强的振动模的三阶Stokes光(559.43,589.74,623.50nm),由于其他振动模的受激拉曼散射增益系数较小,其SRS光谱未观察到。另外,比较了传统生长的未退火和退火后的KDP晶体及快速生长的锥区和柱区KDP晶体的受激拉曼散射增益系数,结果表明生长方法和热退火对KDP晶体的受激拉曼散射增益系数无明显影响。     

银纳米颗粒阵列的表面增强拉曼散射效应研究

利用具有高密度拉曼热点的金属纳米结构作为表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)基底,可以显著增强吸附分子的拉曼信号.本文通过阳极氧化铝模板辅助电化学法沉积制备了高密度银(Ag)纳米颗粒阵列;利用扫描电子显微镜和反射谱表征了样品的结构形貌和表面等离激元特性;用1, 4-苯二硫醇(1, 4-BDT)为拉曼探针分子,研究了Ag纳米颗粒阵列的SERS效应.通过优化沉积时间,制备出高SERS探测灵敏度的Ag纳米颗粒阵列,检测极限可达10~(-13)mol/L;时域有限差分法模拟结果证实了纳米颗粒间存在强的等离激元耦合作用,且发现纳米颗粒底端的局域场增强更大.研究结果表明Ag纳米颗粒阵列可作为高效的SERS基底.     

YbVO4晶体的受激拉曼散射

采用腔外单次通过方式,研究了一种新型晶体YbVO4的受激拉曼散射.当抽运激光为532 nm皮秒脉冲时获得了3级斯托克斯线(558.47 nm,587.92 nm,620.67 nm)和1级反斯托克斯线(507.58 nm),测得YbVO4晶体1级斯托克斯受激拉曼散射的稳态增益系数为17.8 4±O.2 cm/Gw,受激拉曼散射的整体转换效率达到37%.实现了YbVO4晶体对355 nm皮秒激光的受激拉曼散射,观察到1级斯托克斯线(366.11 nm),根据抽运阈值得到相应的拉曼增益为29.0±0.3 cm/GW.     

LiIO3晶体的受激拉曼散射

 采用腔外单次通过方式,测量了LiIO₃晶体在532 nm皮秒脉冲下的受激拉曼散射。实验中观察到3级斯托克斯线（556.07,582.30, 611.76 nm）和1级反斯托克斯线（509.57 nm）,由此可计算出其频率间隔为820 cm^-1。测量了LiIO₃晶体各级拉曼散射谱线的阈值和增益系数,受激拉曼散射的整体转换效率达到56%。基于LiIO₃晶体实现了皮秒外腔式拉曼激光器的运转,双波长输出总转换效率为27%,最大输出能量1.4 mJ。     

KDP晶体受激拉曼散射特性

详细比较了磷酸二氢钾(KDP)晶体的自发拉曼散射和受激拉曼散射光谱,在受激拉曼散射(SRS)中观察到了自发拉曼散射中最强的振动模的三阶Stokes 光(559.43, 589.74, 623.50 nm),由于其他振动模的受激拉曼散射增益系数较小,其SRS光谱未观察到。另外,比较了传统生长的未退火和退火后的KDP晶体及快速生长的锥区和柱区KDP晶体的受激拉曼散射增益系数,结果表明生长方法和热退火对KDP晶体的受激拉曼散射增益系数无明显影响。     

Direct observation of melted Mott state evidenced from Raman scattering in 1T-TaS_2 single crystal

The evolution of electron correlation and charge density wave(CDW)in 1T-TaS_2 single crystal has been investigated by temperature-dependent Raman scattering,which undergoes two obvious peaks of A_(1g) modes about 70.8 cm~(-1) and 78.7 cm~(-1) at 80 K,respectively.The former peak at 70.8 cm~(-1) is accordant with the lower Hubbard band,resulting in the electron-correlation-driven Mott transition.Strikingly,the latter peak at 78.7 cm~(-1) shifts toward low energy with increasing the temperature,demonstrating the occurrence of nearly commensurate CDW phase(melted Mott phase).In this case,phonon transmission could be strongly coupled to commensurate CDW lattice via Coulomb interaction,which likely induces appearance of hexagonal domains suspended in an interdomain phase,composing the melted Mott phase characterized by a shallow electron pocket.Combining electronic structure,atomic structure,transport properties with Raman scattering,these findings provide a novel dimension in understanding the relationship between electronic correlation,charge order,and phonon dynamics.     

Raman scattering from sodium and silver in β-alumina

Raman scattering is observed from the vibrations of the mobile sodium and silver ions in β-alumina between 4.2 and 900°K. The frequency response is Lorentzian at all temperatures above 300°K with little change in frequencies and damping rates. It is concluded that diffusive conduction with a well-defined attempt frequency predominates up to 900°K.     

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering from silver nanostructures with different morphologies

Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction reveal that four different types of crystalline silver nanostructures including nanoparticles, nanowires, nanocubes, and bipyramids are synthesized by a solvothermal method by reducing silver nitrate with ethylene glycol using poly(vinylpyrrolidone) as an adsorption agent and adding different quantities of sodium chloride to the solution. These nanostructures which exhibit different surface plasma resonance properties in the ultraviolet–visible region are shown to be good surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates using rhodamine 6G molecules. Our results demonstrate that the silver nanocubes, bipyramids with sharp corners and edges, and aggregated silver nanoparticles possess better SERS properties than the silver nanowires, indicating that they can serve as high-sensitivity substrates in SERS-based measurements.     

Raman scattering in a ferroelectric sodium nitrite crystal

Raman spectra of the ferroelectric sodium nitrite are recorded over a wide spectral range at different temperatures, including the ferroelectric phase transition interval. The room-temperature Raman spectrum reveals the overdamped А₁(z) soft mode which is attributed to the ferroelectric phase transition.     

Adsorption of oxygen on silver single crystal surfaces

The adsorption of oxygen on Ag(110), (111), and (100) surfaces has been investigated by LEED, Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), and by the measurement of work function changes and of kinetics, at and above room temperature and at oxygen pressures up to 10^?5Torr. Extreme conditions of cleanliness were necessary to exclude the disturbing influences, which seem to have plagued earlier measurements. Extensive results were obtained on the (110) face. Adsorption proceeds with an initial sticking coefficient of about 3 × 10^?3 at 300 K, which drops very rapidly with coverage. Dissociative adsorption via a precursor is inferred. The work function change is strictly proportional to coverage and can therefore be used to follow adsorption and desorption kinetics; at saturation, ΔΦ ≈ 0.85 eV. Adsorption proceeds by the growth of chains of oxygen atoms perpendicular to the grooves of the surface. The chains keep maximum separation by repulsive lateral interactions, leading to a consecutive series of (n × 1) superstructures in LEED, with n running from 7 to 2. The initial heat of adsorption is found to be 40 kcal/mol. Complicated desorption kinetics are found in temperature-programmed and isothermal desorption measurements. The results are discussed in terms of structural and kinetic models. Very small and irreproducible effects were observed on the (111) face which is interpreted in terms of a general inertness of the close-packed face and of some adsorption at irregularities. On the (100) face, oxygen adsorbs in a disordered structure; from ΔΦ measurements two adsorption states are inferred, between which a temperature-dependent equilibrium seems to exist.     

Surface enhanced and disorder induced Raman scattering from silver films

For silver films evaporated at 120 K, disorder induced Raman scattering from phonons, a structureless inelastic background and surface enhanced Raman scattering from adsorbed pyridine is observed. All three phenomena disappear irreversibly by heating up to room temperature. This indicates the importance of disorder on an atomic scale.     

Resonant Raman scattering at the indirect exciton in silver bromide

By excitation in the indirect exciton absorption of AgBr at low temperatures selectively enhanced two-phonon Raman scattering is observed. Using different excitation wavelengths the resonance enhancement is found to be associated with the Г-L exciton as intermediate state for the resonant scattering process. The resonant phonons involved are pairs of LA and TA phonons with opposite wave vectors near L. Measurements in the temperature range 2 K ? T ? 40 K show a decrease of the scattering intensity with increasing temperature. The origin of this temperature dependence is due to lifetime broadening of the scattering state. Several features of the indirect exciton absorption of AgBr are discussed.     

A comparison of Raman scattering,resonance Raman scattering,and fluorescence from molecules adsorbed on silver island films

The enhancement of Raman scattering (RS), resonance Raman scattering (RRS), and fluorescence from molecules adsorbed on silver-island films is reported. A heirarchy of enhancements is found: 10⁵ for RS, 10³ for RRS, and 0.1–10 for fluorescence, depending on the quantum yield of the free molecule. Using the framework of the electromagnetic theory of surface-enhanced Raman scattering, generalized to treat molecular resonance phenomena, we develop a unified picture of the role of the surface plasmon resonances, and the surface-induced damping, in the light scattering processes. The observed heirarchy of enhancements is shown to have important spectroscopic consequences.     

Raman scattering from the molecular charge transfer crystal anthracene-PMDA

The Raman spectrum of the mixed stack charge transfer (CT) crystal anthracene-PMDA, has been measured in the wavelength region near the lowest CT transition at 5458 Å. Six low frequency modes are observed below 140 cm^?1, the mode at 130 cm^?1 showing strong resonance enhancement. These modes are assigned as librational motion of the anthracene and PMDA molecules by rigid body analysis of X-ray structural data.     

Enhanced stimulated Raman scattering in slow-light photonic crystal waveguides

We investigate for the first time, to our knowledge, the enhancement of the stimulated Raman scattering in slow-light silicon-on-insulator (SOI) photonic crystal line defect waveguides. By applying the Bloch-Floquet formalism to the guided modes in a planar photonic crystal, we develop a formalism that relates the intensity of the downshifted Stokes signal to the pump intensity and the modal group velocities. The formalism is then applied to two prospective schemes for enhanced stimulated Raman generation in slow-light photonic crystal waveguides. The results demonstrate a maximum factor of 104(66,000) enhancement with respect to SOI channel waveguides.