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    Area of Science:

    • Plasmonics
    • Nanophotonics
    • Chiroptical Spectroscopy

    Background:

    • Chiral molecules exhibit unique optical properties crucial for various scientific fields.
    • Ultrasensitive detection of chirality is essential for chemical and biological analysis.
    • Plasmon-enhanced Raman optical activity (PEROA) offers a promising route for enhanced chiral sensing.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To systematically investigate the influence of structural parameters on PEROA in chiral tip-nanorod nanostructures.
    • To analyze the multipolar contributions to PEROA and understand spatial variations in enhancement.
    • To explore the origin of a new PEROA mode and its dependence on excitation conditions.

    Main Methods:

    • Finite element analysis (FEA) was employed to model and simulate PEROA spectra.
    • Multipolar decomposition was used to dissect the scattering contributions.
    • Systematic variation of structural parameters to study their effect on PEROA.

    Main Results:

    • PEROA enhancement patterns show distinct active areas for in-plane and out-of-plane molecular vibrations.
    • Nanoscale spatial variations significantly impact both magnitude and sign of PEROA.
    • A novel PEROA mode was identified, arising from differential scattering under circularly polarized light.
    • High-directivity radiation patterns were observed due to coherent superposition of plasmonic modes.
    • Angularly resolved PEROA distributions revealed highly directional emission (<5° divergence).

    Conclusions:

    • Structural parameters critically govern PEROA, enabling tunable chiral measurements.
    • Understanding spatial variations and excitation dependencies is key for optimizing PEROA.
    • The observed high directivity and novel PEROA mode offer new avenues for chiral sensing.
    • Findings provide guidance for designing advanced nanostructures for high-sensitivity chiral spectroscopy.