Individual gold dimers investigated by far- and near-field imaging

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 254-258

  Lereu, A L ^a,c   Sanchez Mosteiro, G ^a   Ghenuche, P ^a   Quidant, R ^a,b   Van Hulst, N F ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Field enhancement; Local field imaging; Lumine scence; NSOM; Plasmonics; Resonant gold nanostructures

Indexed keywords

DIMERS; INCIDENT LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FIELD IMAGING; GOLD DIMERS; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; LOCAL FIELD IMAGING; LOCAL FIELDS; LUMINE-SCENCE; NEAR FIELDS; PLASMONICS; RESONANT GOLD NANOSTRUCTURE;

PLASMONICS;

DIMER; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON THERAPY; LUMINESCENCE; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 40049098946     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.01895.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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