Plasmonic quantum dots for nonlinear optical applications [Invited]

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1353-1366

  Klopfer, M ^a   Jain, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMITTER DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; FLUORESCENT LABELS; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; PLASMONIC; QUANTUM DOT NANOPARTICLES; DEEP TISSUE IMAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY (PDT); TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PLASMONS; TISSUE; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOCRYSTALS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 80755172821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.001353     Document Type: Article

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