Optical antennas direct single-molecule emission

Nature Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 234-237

  Taminiau, T H ^a   Stefani, F D ^a   Segerink, F B ^b   Van Hulst, N F ^a,c  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND EMISSIONS; DIRECT EMISSIONS; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; OPTICAL ANALOGUES; OPTICAL ANTENNAS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; RECENT RESEARCHES; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE;

MOLECULES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 41549136024     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.32     Document Type: Article

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