Plasmonic crystal for efficient energy transfer from fluorescent molecules t long-range surface plasmons

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8294-8301

  Okamoto, Takayuki ^a   Simonen, Janne ^b   Kawata, Satoshi ^a,c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULES; THIN FILMS;

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT MOLECULES; LONG-RANGE SURFACE PLASMONS; METALLIC THIN FILMS; PLASMONIC CRYSTALS; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVES; SURFACE PLASMON MODES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 66449115216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008294     Document Type: Article

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