Apkarian Lab

Kate Rodriguez

My research focuses on investigating the Raman scattering process of plasmonic nanoparticles, typically consisting of metallic nanospheres functionalized with a molecular Raman reporter. Of particular interest are considerations such as the chirality of the plasmons and the interference effects that arise between the scattering processes of the metal and molecule. These phenomena are studied via polarization-resolved and intensity-dependent surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Kevin T. Crampton

My research involves investigating the coupling of light to surface plasmon polaritons via tailored, transient optical gratings. This coupling scheme is then utilized to remotely launch surface plasmons at nanojunctions to drive and monitor space-time resolved chemistry.

Mayukh Banik

Understanding orientation dependent chirality of single metallic nano-dimers invoking magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole to SERS effect.

Joonhee Lee

Time-resolved scannning tunneling microscopy, Single molecule Raman Spectroscopy, Ultrafast electron dynamics in plasmonic materials

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