Towards a full characterization of a plasmonic nanostructure with a fluorescent near-field probe

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 11536-11545

  Krachmalnicoff, V ^a   Cao, D ^a   Caze A ^a   Castanie E ^a   Pierrat, R ^a   Bardou, N ^b   Collin, S ^b   Carminati, R ^a   De Wilde, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; NEAR-FIELD CHARACTERIZATIONS; OPTICAL NANO ANTENNAS; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SPATIAL FLUCTUATION;

FLUORESCENCE;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; DEVICES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84878608730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.011536     Document Type: Article

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