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Raman scattering by electron-hole excitations in silver nanocrystals

H. Portales, E. Duval, L. Saviot, M. Fujii, M. Sumitomo, S. Hayashi

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/0101471

Abstract

Raman scattering experiments from silver nanocrystals embedded in films of amorphous silica are reported. In addition to the low-frequency peak due to vibrational quadrupolar modes, a broadband is observed in the high-frequency range, with a maximum at about 1000 cm-1. The linear dependence of the position of this maximum on the inverse cluster radius is in agreement with the Raman scattering by single or collective electron-hole excitations.

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