Spontaneous emission enhancement of a single molecule by a double-sphere nanoantenna across an interface

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 23331-23338

  Lee, K G ^a,b   Eghlidi, H ^c   Chen, X W ^a   Renn, A ^c   Gotzinger S ^a,d   Sandoghdar, V ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBERS; GOLD; MOLECULES;

FILM INTERFACES; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; GOLD NANOSPHERES; GOLD PARTICLES; MOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE; NANOANTENNAS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SINGLE MOLECULE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION ENHANCEMENT;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

GLASS FIBER; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84867314081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.023331     Document Type: Article

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