Plasmonic effect of nanoshelled nanocavity on encapsulated emitter's spontaneous emission

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2480-2485

  Liaw, Jiunn Woei ^a   Liu, Chuan Li ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apparent quantum yield; Average enhancement factor; Excitation rate; Nanoshelled nanocavity; Nonradiative decay rate; Plasmonic enhancement; Radiative decay rate; Spontaneous emission; Stokes shift

Indexed keywords

APPARENT QUANTUM YIELD; AVERAGE ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; EXCITATION RATE; NANO-CAVITIES; NONRADIATIVE DECAY RATE; PLASMONIC; RADIATIVE DECAY RATES; STOKES SHIFT;

DECAY (ORGANIC); PLASMONS; QUANTUM YIELD; SILICA; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EMISSION; PLASMA;

EID: 80051780853     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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