Experimental confirmation of strong fluorescence enhancement using one-dimensional GaP/SiO2 photonic band gap structure

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1216-1223

  Gao, Jian ^a   Sarangan, Andrew M ^a   Zhan, Qiwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD APPLICATION; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; EVANESCENT FIELDS; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT EFFECT; FLUORESCENT MARKERS; FLUORESCENT SIGNALS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LOW INDEX MATERIALS; OBJECTIVE LENS; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTOR; OMNIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTION; OPTICAL SENSING; PBG STRUCTURE; PERIODIC MULTILAYERS; PHOTONIC BAND-GAP STRUCTURES; RED-SHIFTED; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTIONS;

GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; SUBSTRATES; ENERGY GAP; EVANESCENT FIELDS; FILM PREPARATION; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; RED SHIFT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON OXIDES;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84862118474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.001216     Document Type: Article

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