Controlling nanoscale optical emission with off-resonant laser light

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7712, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Andrews, David L ^a   Leeder, Jamie M ^a   Bradshaw, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence imaging; Fluorophores; Nanophotonics; Nonlinear optics; Optical sensing; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENT EMISSION; NANO SCALE; NANO-SCALE SYSTEM; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL; OFF-RESONANT LASERS; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; OPTICAL ENERGY; OPTICAL EXCITATIONS; OPTICAL SENSING; PARTIAL DEGRADATION; PARTICLE SIZE DEPENDENCE; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; PHOTON EMISSIONS; QUANTUM DOT; RESONANT PROBES; SECOND-ORDER NONLINEARITY; ULTRAFAST RELAXATION;

CHROMOPHORES; FLUOROPHORES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOPHOTONICS;

EID: 77953733009     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.854555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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