We report on (1) simulations of the influence of different surface morphologies on electromagnetic field
enhancements at the rough surfaces of noble metals, and (2) the evaluations of the optimal conditions for the
generation of a surface-enhanced Raman signal of absorbed species on a metallic substrate. All simulations
were performed with a classical electrodynamics approach using the full set of Maxwell's equations that
were solved with the three-dimensional finite element method (FEM). Two different classes of surfaces were
modeled using fractals, representing dendritic and sponge-like structures. The simulations depict the high
inhomogeneity of an enhanced electromagnetic field as that both a field enhancement and a field attenuation
near the surface existed. While the dendritical fractals enhanced the local electromagnetic field, the sponge-like fractals significantly reduced the local electromagnetic field intensity. Moreover, the fractal orders of the
fractal objects did not significantly alter the total enhancement, and the distribution of a near-field enhancement
was essentially invariant to the changes in the angle of an incoming laser beam.