Surface enhanced fluorescence and imaging with plasmon near-fields in gold corrugated gratings

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mandal, Prasanta ^a   Gupta, Prince ^a   Nandi, Amitabha ^a   Ramakrishna, S Anantha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

fluorescence imaging; fluorescence of R6G; laser interference lithography; plasmon near fields

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; FLUOROPHORES; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPUTATION; ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE; EXCITATION RADIATION; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; LASER INTERFERENCE LITHOGRAPHY; NEAR FIELDS; PROPAGATING SURFACE PLASMONS; SURFACE ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

EID: 84885443214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.063527     Document Type: Article

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