Polarization effects in near-field excitation - Collection probe optical microscopy of a single quantum dot

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 194, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 421-425

  Chavez Pirson, Arturo ^a   Chu, S T ^b  

^a Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain; Luminescence imaging; Near field optics; Polarization; Quantum dot; Vector diffraction

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LUMINESCENCE; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ELECTRIC DIPOLE; FIELD EXCITATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; LUMINESCENCE IMAGING; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; NEAR FIELDS; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT; VECTOR DIFFRACTION;

POLARIZATION;

COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIPOLE; EXCITATION; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0033028203     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00503.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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