Table of Contents

1 A quick overview of SERS2 Raman spectroscopy and related techniques3 Introduction to plasmons and plasmonics4 SERS enhancement factors5 Calculations of EM enhancements6 EM enhancements and plasmon resonances7 Metallic colloids and other SERS substrates8 Recent developmentsA Raman DFT calculationsB The bond-polarizability modelC Maxwell’s equations in mediaD Lorentz model of the polarizabilityE Dielectric function of gold and silverF Plane waves and planar interfacesG Ellipsoids in the electrostatic approximationH Mie theory and its implementation