Fluorescence-based sensing with optical nanowires: A generalized model and experimental validation

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 9474-9485

  Warren Smith, Stephen C ^a   Shahraam, Afshar V ^a   Monro, Tanya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; FLUORESCENCE; NANOWIRES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CORE SIZE; EVANESCENT FIELDS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLUORESCENCE SENSING; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; GENERALIZED MODELS; HIGH INDEX MATERIALS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; LOSS FACTOR; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NANOSCALE FIBERS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTICAL NANOWIRES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77952059370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.009474     Document Type: Article

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