Optical recognition of surface chirality at Au(hkl) single crystalline surfaces by second harmonic generation rotational anisotropy.
Optical recognition of surface chirality at Au(hkl) single crystalline surfaces by second harmonic generation rotational anisotropy.
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DOI:
10.1021/ja053724p
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发表时间:
2005-08
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15
通讯作者:
Ichizo Yagi;Masaki Chiba;K. Uosaki
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作者:
Ichizo Yagi;Masaki Chiba;K. Uosaki
Two-dimensional chirality at naturally chiral gold single crystalline surfaces was detected and characterized using optical second harmonic generation (SHG) measurements. SHG rotational anisotropy (SH-RA) patterns at Au(643)S and Au(643)R surfaces were mirror symmetric to each other. Systematic SH-RA measurements at chiral Au(hkl) surfaces with the same step and kink structures but different (111) terrace widths showed a linear correlation between surface step density and SH-RA fitting parameters arising from defects. These results indicate that SH-RA measurements provide information not only on surface chirality but also on density of surface defects.