A fusion-spliced near-field optical fiber probe using photonic crystal fiber for nanoscale thermometry based on fluorescence-lifetime measurement of quantum dots

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8358-8369

  Fujii, Takuro ^a   Taguchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Saiki, Toshiharu ^a   Nagasaka, Yuji ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Near field optics; Photonic crystal fiber; Quantum dots; Thermometry

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR PROBES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM DOTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80053216235     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110908358     Document Type: Article

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