Excitation and emission enhancement of single molecule fluorescence through multiple surface-plasmon resonances on metal trimer nanoantennas

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 899-901

  Giannini, V ^a   Sanchez Gil J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULES; NANOANTENNAS; OLIGOMERS; PLASMONS; RESONANCE;

EMISSION ENHANCEMENT; EMISSION FREQUENCY; ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; MULTIPLE SURFACES; RADIATIVE DECAY RATES; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; STRONG ENHANCEMENT;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 44949224920     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.000899     Document Type: Article

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