Nanocomposite plasmonic fluorescence emitters with core/shell configurations

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1561-1570

  Miao, Xiaoyu ^a   Brener, Igal ^a   Luk, Ting Shan ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; QUANTUM YIELD;

ABSORPTION RATES; CORE RADIUS; CORE/SHELL; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; LARGE CORE; LIGHT EMITTERS; NANOSHELLS; NON-RADIATIVE; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; PLASMONIC; SHELL THICKNESS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL RESULT; YIELD DEGRADATION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 77955812810     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.001561     Document Type: Article

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