Localized plasmon-engineered spontaneous emission of CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals closely-packed in the proximity of Ag nanoisland films for controlling emission linewidth, peak, and intensity

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 14289-14298

  Soganci, Ibrahim Murat ^a   Nizamoglu, Sedat ^a   Mutlugun, Evren ^a   Akin, Onur ^a   Demir, Hilmi Volkan ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILVER; THIN FILMS;

COLLECTIVE EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; RANDOMLY-DISTRIBUTED SILVER NANOISLANDS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 35948963341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014289     Document Type: Article

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