Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS)
have opened a variety of exciting research fields. However, although a vast number of …

Conspectus Molecular vibrations constitute one of the smallest mechanical oscillators
available for micro-/nanoengineering. The energy and strength of molecular oscillations …

Molecular vibrations couple to visible light only weakly, have small mutual interactions, and
hence are often ignored for non-linear optics. Here we show the extreme confinement …

By measuring the inelastic scattering of monochromatic light, Raman spectroscopy is a
method used to examine vibrational, rotational, and other low-frequency modes in a system …

In the picture of molecular cavity optomechanics, surface-enhanced Raman scattering
(SERS) can be understood as molecular oscillators parametrically coupled to plasmonic …

Vibrational Raman scattering─ a process where light exchanges energy with a molecular
vibration through inelastic scattering─ is most fundamentally described in a quantum …

Plasmonic photocatalysis uses the light-induced resonant oscillation of free electrons in a
metal nanoparticle to concentrate optical energy for driving chemical reactions. By altering …

Detection of solid tumours through tissue-from depths relevant to humans-has been a
significant challenge for biomedical Raman spectroscopy. The combined use of surface …

In this article, we address subnanometer resolved fluorescence imaging of single molecule
inside a plasmonic picocavity by proposing a semiclassical theory via combining the …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) technology has been regarded as a most
efficient and sensitive strategy for the detection of pollutants at ultra-low concentrations …