Optical near-field enhancement at a metal tip probed by a single fluorophore

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1652-1654

  Kramer, A ^a   Trabesinger, W ^a   Hecht, B ^a   Wild, U P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; METAL TIP; OPTICAL NEAR FIELD; OPTICAL PROBE; PLASMON EXCITATIONS; SINGLE-MOLECULE; TIP APEX;

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

PHYSICS;

EID: 79956011593     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1453479     Document Type: Article

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