Fluorescence quenching by a metal nanoparticle in the extreme near-field regime

Optics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-293

  Castanie E ^a   Boffety, M ^a,b   Carminati, R ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; FAR-FIELD; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; FREE ELECTRON GAS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPIC INTERACTION; MICROSCOPIC LENGTH SCALE; NEAR-FIELD; NONLOCAL; NONRADIATIVE DECAYS; SPONTANEOUS DECAY RATES;

DECAY (ORGANIC); ELECTRON GAS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 75749096829     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.000291     Document Type: Article

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