Microcavity-controlled single-molecule fluorescence

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2190-2196

  Steiner, Mathias ^a,b   Schleifenbaum, Frank ^a,b   Stupperich, Clemens ^a   Failla, Antonio Virgilio ^a,b   Hartschuh, Achim ^a,b   Meixner, Alfred Johann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; Microcavity; Single molecule studies; Spontaneous emission enhancement; Time resolved spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MICROCAVITIES; PARTICLE BEAMS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

FABRY-PEROT MICROCAVITIES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; SINGLE-MOLECULE SENSITIVITY; SINGLE-MOLECULE STUDIES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION ENHANCEMENT; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION RATES; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

MOLECULES;

EID: 27144494194     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200500108     Document Type: Article

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