Soft-landing and optical characterization of a preselected single fluorescent particle on a tapered optical fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 24234-24243

  Gregor, Markus ^a   Kuhlicke, Alexander ^a   Benson, Oliver ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDING; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EVANESCENT FIELDS; FLUORESCENT PARTICLE; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; GUIDED MODES; LINEAR PAUL TRAP; MICRO PARTICLES; ON-DEMAND; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PRE-SELECTED; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SOFT-LANDING; TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT DYES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 73949124328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.024234     Document Type: Article

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