Self-assembled organic and fullerene monolayers characterisation by two-colour SFG spectroscopy: A pathway to meet doubly resonant SFG process

C. Humbert, Y. Caudano, L. Dreesen, Y. Sartenaer, A. A. Mani, C. Silien, J. J. Lemaire, P. A. Thiry, A. Peremans

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Abstract

Two-colour sum-frequency generation (two-colour SFG) spectroscopy was used to probe both vibrational and electronic properties of 1-dodecanethiol/Ag(111), Au(111), and Pt(111), of 5-[p-(6-mercaptohexoxy)-phenyl]-10,15,20- triphenylporphin/Pt(111), and of C 60 /Ag(111). The role of the various physical parameters determining the sum-frequency generation (SFG) intensity equation is highlighted. The enhancement of the non-linear second order susceptibility in the aforementioned interfaces is explained in terms of metal interband transition, molecular electronic transition and of electron-phonon coupling, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)463-469
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume237
Issue number1-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Dodecanethiol
  • Fullerene
  • Porphyrin
  • Sum-frequency generation
  • Vibration

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