Two-photon luminescence microscopy of large-area gold nanostructures on templates of anodized aluminum

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 17040-17052

  Nielsen, Peter ^a   Beermann, Jonas ^a   Albrektsen, Ole ^a   Hassing, Søren ^a   Morgen, Per ^a   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOTONS;

ANODIZATIONS; ANODIZED ALUMINUM; BARRIER LAYERS; BRIGHT SPOTS; CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; FAR-FIELD; FIELD INTENSITY; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; GOLD PARTICLES; INTERPORE DISTANCES; MOLECULAR SENSING; OXALIC ACID; OXIDE LAYER; PARTICLE DENSITIES; POLARITONS; POROUS ALUMINA; POROUS TEMPLATES; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPUTTERING CONDITIONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TWO-PHOTON LUMINESCENCE;

GOLD;

ALUMINUM; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTON; POROSITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ALUMINUM; GOLD; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS; POROSITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77955647252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.017040     Document Type: Article

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