Polarization properties of surface plasmon enhanced photoluminescence from a single Ag nanowire

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 22290-22297

  Song, Min ^a   Chen, Gengxu ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Wu, E ^a   Wu, Botao ^a   Zeng, Heping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; LASER EXCITATION; NANOWIRES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

AG NANOWIRES; EXCITATION LASERS; LONG AXIS; METALLIC NANOWIRES; NANO SCALE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; PLASMON-POLARITONS; PLASMONIC DEVICES; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

PLASMONS;

NANOTUBE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

LIGHT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84866646194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.022290     Document Type: Article

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