Hybrid gap modes induced by fiber taper waveguides: Application in spectroscopy of single solid-state emitters deposited on thin films

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 10995-11007

  Davanço, Marcelo ^a,b   Srinivasan, Kartik ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; FIBER TAPER; GAP MODES; GAP REGIONS; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; HYBRID MODE; LOW INDEX; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL FIBER TAPERS; SINGLE EMITTER; SLOTTED WAVEGUIDES; SPECTRAL RANGE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION ENHANCEMENT; STRONG FIELD; SUSPENDED CHANNELS; TAPERED FIBER; THIN DIELECTRIC MEMBRANE;

WAVEGUIDES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIGHTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952843496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.010995     Document Type: Article

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