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20242026
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7 papers

physics.optics2026

Tip-Enhanced Vibrational Ladder Climbing in Surface Molecular System

Tatsuto Mochizuki, Shota Takahashi, Atsunori Sakurai +1

Achieving high-lying vibrational states is essential for actively controlling molecular reactions. We demonstrate vibrational ladder climbing of CO adsorbed on Pt(111) within the p…

physics.optics2026

Plasmonic- and Electronic-Enhancement-Free Coherent Raman Detection of à ngström-Scale Molecular Layers at Metal Interfaces

Toshiki Sugimoto, Tomoaki Ichii, Tsuneto Kanai +5

Coherent Raman scattering provides highly sensitive vibrational analysis through nonlinear light-matter interactions. However, its application to metal interfaces has remained chal…

physics.optics2025

Phase-sensitive tip-enhanced sum frequency generation spectroscopy using temporally asymmetric pulse for detecting weak vibrational signals

Atsunori Sakurai, Shota Takahashi, Tatsuto Mochizuki +3

Vibrational sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy is a powerful technique for investigating molecular structures, orientations, and dynamics at surfaces. However, its spatial…

physics.optics2025

Giant near-field nonlinear electrophotonic effects in an angstrom-scale plasmonic junction

Shota Takahashi, Atsunori Sakurai, Tatsuto Mochizuki +1

Plasmons facilitate a strong confinement and enhancement of near-field light, offering exciting opportunities to enhance nonlinear optical responses at the nanoscale. However, desp…

physics.optics2025

Diffraction-Unlimited Tip-Enhanced Sum-Frequency Vibrational Nanoscopy

Shota Takahashi, Koichi Kumagai, Atsunori Sakurai +4

Sum-frequency generation (SFG) is a powerful second-order nonlinear spectroscopic technique that provides detailed insights into molecular structures and absolute orientations at s…

physics.optics2025

Dramatic Enhancement of Supercontinuum Generation in HO by Non-Harmonic Two-Color Excitation

Tsuneto Kanai, ChengXiang Jin, Hibiki Tsunekawa +2

We demonstrate a dramatic enhancement of supercontinuum generation (SCG) in HO driven by non-harmonic two-color laser fields, where pump and seed frequencies are not integer mu…