Ultra-sensitive fluorescence spectroscopy of isolated surface-adsorbed molecules using an optical nanofiber

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 21704-21711

  Stiebeiner, A ^a   Rehband, O ^a   Garcia Fernandez, R ^a   Rauschenbeutel, A ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT FIELDS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; NANOFIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

3 ,4 ,9 ,10-PERYLENE-TETRACARBOXYLIC-DIANHYDRIDE; COMPACT MONOLAYERS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; RADIAL CONFINEMENT; SELF-ABSORPTION EFFECTS; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE;

3,4,9,10 PERYLENETETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE; 3,4,9,10-PERYLENETETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE; ACID ANHYDRIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLASS FIBER; PERYLENE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; ANHYDRIDES; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; LASERS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PERYLENE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 72449146737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021704     Document Type: Article

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