Surface plasmon-coupled emission from shaped PMMA films doped with fluorescence molecules

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 12185-12190

  Zhang, D G ^a   Moh, K J ^a   Yuan, X C ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMONS;

AZIMUTHAL DIRECTION; CIRCULAR STRUCTURES; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE MOLECULE; FLUORESCENCE SENSING; INCIDENT LASER; INTENSITY PATTERNS; PMMA FILMS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SURFACE PLASMON-COUPLED EMISSION;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77953606678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.012185     Document Type: Article

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