Molecule fluorescence modified by a slit-based nanoantenna with dual gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2420-2426

  Shen, Hongming ^a   Lu, Guowei ^a   Zhang, Tianyue ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   He, Yingbo ^a   Wang, Yuwei ^a   Gong, Qihuang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; EXCITATION ENHANCEMENT; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; METAL GRATING; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCES;

ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MOLECULES;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84884688623     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.002420     Document Type: Article

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