Surface-plasmon enhanced bright emission from CdSe quantum-dot nanocrystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1674-1678

  Okamoto, Koichi ^a   Vyawahare, Saurabh ^a   Scherer, Axel ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

BRIGHT LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMISSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; SURFACE-PLASMON (SP) COUPLING TECHNIQUE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33750080733     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001674     Document Type: Article

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