Includes bibliographical references (p. 629-653) and index.

Raman spectroscopy and related optical techniques -- Introduction to plasmons and plasmonics -- SERS enhancement factors and related topics -- Calculations of electromagnetic enhancements -- EM enhancements and plasmon resonances : examples and discussion -- Metallic colloids and other SERS substrates -- Recent developments -- Density functional theory (DFT) calculations for Raman spectroscopy -- The bond-polarizability model -- A brief overview of Maxwell's equations in media -- Lorentz model of the atomic/molecular polarizability -- Dielectric function of gold and silver -- Plane waves and planar interfaces -- Ellipsoids in the electrostatic approximation -- Mie theory and its implementation.