Enhanced light emission in nanostructures;Šviesos emisijos sustiprėjimas nanodariniuose

Lithuanian Journal of Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-302

  Kundrotas, J ^a   Cerskus A ^a   Nargeliene, V ^a   Suziedelis A ^a   Asmontas S ^a   Gradauskas, J ^a   Johannessen, A ^b   Johannessen, E ^b  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Heterostructures; MEF; Photoluminescence; Plasmonics; Quantum wells; SERS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857081628     PISSN: 16488504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3952/lithjphys.51404     Document Type: Article

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