Strong electronic Raman bands corresponding to the transition between 4I 9/2 and 4I 11/2 manifolds of Nd 3+ are observed in the FT-Raman spectrum of neodymium complex because of the Raman enhancement effect. Neither resonant enhancement nor surface enhancement accounts for the Raman enhancement observed here. We propose a new mechanism of Raman enhancement(Feed-bach Raman Enhancement): the YAG laser excites the final state of Raman transition ( 4I 11/2 of Nd 3+) to the 4F 3/2 state and causes a significant decrease of the population of Nd 3+ at the 4I 11/2 state. This renders the population ratio of Nd 3+ at 4I 9/2 and 4I 11/2 deviates from the value required by the Boltzmann′s law. To restore equilibrium, Raman scattering is enhanced so that more Nd 3+ ions are brought from 4I 9/2 to 4I 11/2. This hypothesis gets support from the temperature-variable FT-Raman spectroscopic results. Additionally, obvious differences between Stokes and Anti-stokes Raman spectrum of Nd 3+ support our mechanism
