Toward far-field vibrational spectroscopy of single molecules at room temperature

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5425-5430

  Winterhalder, M J ^a   Zumbusch, A ^a   Lippitz, M ^b,c   Orrit, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

DYE MOLECULE; FAR-FIELD; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; FLUORESCENT MOLECULES; PERTURBATION THEORY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE MOLECULE; THREE-PHOTON; VIBRATIONAL INFORMATION; VIBRATIONAL POPULATION;

MOLECULES;

EID: 79958236226     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp109652s     Document Type: Article

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