Measuring the number of (N-V)- centers in single fluorescent nanodiamonds in the presence of quenching effects

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2309-2313

  Chen, Lun Hsuan ^a   Lim, Tsong Shin ^a   Chang, Huan Cheng ^b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM YIELD; QUENCHING;

AVERAGE NUMBERS; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; MULTI-EXPONENTIAL DECAY; PHOTON CORRELATION; QUENCHING EFFECT; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

NANODIAMONDS;

EID: 84866428524     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.002309     Document Type: Article

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