Nanoantenna-enhanced ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy of a single gold nanoparticle

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Schumacher, Thorsten ^a,b   Kratzer, Kai ^a,b   Molnar, David ^a,b   Hentschel, Mario ^a,b   Giessen, Harald ^b   Lippitz, Markus ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOANTENNA; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; OSCILLATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79958738825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1334     Document Type: Article

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