Plasmonie light-emission enhancement with isolated metal nanoparticles and their coupled arrays

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1748-1755

  Sun, G ^a   Khurgin, J B ^b   Soref, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILVER;

CLOSE PROXIMITY; EMISSION ENHANCEMENT; INGAN/GAN QUANTUM WELL; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; METHOD OF ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 59349103471     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001748     Document Type: Article

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