Fluorescence relaxation in the near-field of a mesoscopic metallic particle: Distance dependence and role of plasmon modes

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 17654-17666

  Colas Des Francs, G ^a   Bouhelier, A ^a   Finot, E ^a   Weeber, J C ^a   Dereux, A ^a   Girard, C ^b   Dujardin, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PLASMONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EMISSION WAVELENGTH; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; INTERFACE MODE; METALLIC PARTICLES; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; OPTICAL THEOREM; QUANTUM EMITTERS; RADIATIVE DECAY RATES;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 55549120924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.017654     Document Type: Article

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