title: SERS on periodic arrays of coupled quadrate-holes and squares.
abstract: We have set up a novel quasi-3D structure, periodic arrays of two-layer coupled quadrate-holes and squares. SERS measurements show that for 514 nm excitation the average enhancement factor of periodic arrays of the coupled structure over the normal Ag film can reach 4 x 10(2), much higher than the known experimental result for periodic arrays of nanoholes. The simulation shows that the SERS enhancement caused by the coupled two-layer structure is about 2.4 orders of magnitude higher than that of a simple one-layer structure, which verifies the advantages of the structure with two-layer coupled pairs of quadrate-holes and squares over the structure with one-layer nanoholes for SERS measurement.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China. ymhou@pku.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yumin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xuejin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dapeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yu