Plasmon-enhanced upconversion

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 4020-4031

  Wu, Di M ^a   García Etxarri, Aitzol ^b   Salleo, Alberto ^b   Dionne, Jennifer A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COLLECTIVE OSCILLATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; PLASMON RESONANCES; RADIATIVE EMISSIONS; SPECTRAL OVERLAP; UP-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84912568156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5019042     Document Type: Review

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