Single defect centers in diamond nanocrystals as quantum probes for plasmonic nanostructures

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 7914-7920

  Schell, Andreas W ^a   Kewes, Günter ^a   Hanke, Tobias ^b   Leitenstorfer, Alfred ^b   Bratschitsch, Rudolf ^b   Benso, Oliver ^a   Aichel, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; PROBES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; BOW-TIE ANTENNAS; DESIRED POSITION; DIAMOND NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; NANO DIAMOND; NITROGEN-VACANCY CENTER; PICKING UP; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM PROBE; SINGLE DEFECT; SINGLE EXCITATION; SPATIAL CONTROL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAP;

PLASMONS;

EID: 79953899884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.007914     Document Type: Article

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