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Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy of Plasmonic Nanomaterials: A Review

Christophe Humbert1, Thomas Noblet2, Laetitia Dalstein3

  • 1Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, CNRS, Batiment 201 P2, 91405 Orsay, France. christophe.humbert@u-psud.fr.

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|March 16, 2019
PubMed
Summary

Sum-Frequency Generation (SFG) spectroscopy is a powerful surface probe for understanding plasmonic materials. This technique, when coupled with plasmonic nanomaterials, offers a mature and promising avenue for non-linear plasmonics research.

Keywords:
goldinterfacesnanoparticlesnon-linear opticssum-frequency generation spectroscopysurface plasmons

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