Spectral dependence of single molecule fluorescence enhancement

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 14266-14274

  Bharadwaj, Palash ^a   Novotny, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER RADIATION; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

LASER FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL ANTENNA; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; SPECTRAL TUNABILITY;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 35349026002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014266     Document Type: Article

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