Controlling molecular broadband-emission by optical confinement

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Steiner, Mathias ^a,c   Failla, Antonio Virgilio ^a,d   Hartschuh, Achim ^a,e   Schleifenbaum, Frank ^a   Stupperich, Clemens ^b   Meixner, Alfred Johann ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CANCER RESEARCH UK CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND EMITTERS; BROADBAND FLUORESCENCES; CAVITY RESONANCES; FLUORESCENCE LINES; FREE SPACES; MICRO RESONATORS; MOLECULAR FLUORESCENCES; MULTI-SPECTRAL; NANO-METER SCALE; NANO-OPTICS; OFF-AXIS; OPTICAL CONFINEMENTS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; ORGANIC DYES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SINGLE MOLECULES; SPECTRAL LINE WIDTHS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 59249102781     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/12/123017     Document Type: Article

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