Effect of plasmon-enhancement on photophysics in upconverting nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 11516-11527

  Sun, Q C ^a   Casamada Ribot, J ^a   Singh, V ^a   Mundoor, H ^b   Smalyukh, I I ^a,b   Nagpal, And P ^a,b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; NANOPARTICLES; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

COULOMBIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; NONRADIATIVE DECAY RATE; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRON-HOLE PAIRS; PHOTOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPP); UPCONVERTING NANOPARTICLES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84901253572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.011516     Document Type: Article

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