Twenty-fold enhancement of molecular fluorescence by coupling to a J-aggregate critically coupled resonator

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 467-471

  Akselrod, Gleb M ^a   Walker, Brian J ^a   Tisdale, William A ^b   Bawendi, Moungi G ^a   Bulovic, Vladimir ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

fluorescence enhancement; FRET; J aggregates; organic optoelectronics; plasmonics; resonator

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; FRET; J AGGREGATES; ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONICS; PLASMONICS;

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; EXCITONS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; PHOTONS; QUARTZ; RESONATORS; THIN FILMS;

FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; VIBRATION;

FLUORESCENT DYES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84856153422     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203789t     Document Type: Article

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