Enhanced fluorescence emission from single molecules on a two-dimensional photonic crystal slab with low background emission

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1651-1656

  Kaji, Takahiro ^a   Yamada, Toshiki ^a   Ueda, Rieko ^a   Otomo, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; EXCITATION LASERS; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LOW BACKGROUND; OBJECTIVE LENS; PERYLENEDIIMIDES; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TANTALUM PENTOXIDE; TIME-RESOLVED; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LASER EXCITATION; MICROCOMPUTERS; MOLECULES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TANTALUM; TANTALUM OXIDES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 79960738182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz2006989     Document Type: Article

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