Near-field optical excitation as a dipole-dipole energy transfer process

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 194, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 255-259

  Sekatskii, S K ^a   Dietler, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Near field optics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

DIPOLE ENERGY; DIPOLE RESONANCES; DIPOLE-DIPOLE; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; NEAR FIELDS; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE;

INCIDENT LIGHT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIPOLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033026174     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00498.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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