Raman-imaging and -spectroscopy with surface plasmon light

Abstract
Plasmonsurfacepolariton field‐enhanced Raman scattering is combined with an optical multichannel detection scheme in order to increase the sensitivity for vibrational spectroscopy with Langmuir–Blodgett–Kuhn monolayer and multilayer assemblies of cadmium arachidate. Moreover, the imaging capabilities of the employed (CCD‐) TV camera are used to spatially resolve (in one dimension) the Raman‐spectral information of heterogeneous samples with a lateral materials contrast.