Colloidal quantum dots as probes of excitation field enhancement in photonic antennas

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4571-4578

  Aouani, Heykel ^a   Itzhakov, Stella ^b   Gachet, David ^a   Devaux, Eloïse ^c   Ebbesen, Thomas W ^c   Rigneault, Hervé ^a   Oron, Dan ^b   Wenger, Jérôme ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; Colloidal quantum dots; Fluorescence enhancement; Metal nanoapertures; Microspheres; Nanoantennas; Plasmonics

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERES; NANOANTENNAS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLASMONICS; POLYSTYRENES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AUGER RECOMBINATION; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; NANO-APERTURES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE DECAY; POLYSTYRENE MICRO-SPHERE;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 78650116081     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1009209     Document Type: Article

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