Coupling of individual quantum emitters to channel plasmons

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bermúdez Ureña, Esteban ^a   Gonzalez Ballestero, Carlos ^b   Geiselmann, Michael ^a,h   Marty, Renaud ^a   Radko, Ilya P ^c   Holmgaard, Tobias ^d   Alaverdyan, Yury ^e   Moreno, Esteban ^b   García Vidal, Francisco J ^b,f   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^c   Quidant, Romain ^a,g  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^g INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^h EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ELECTRON; NITROGEN; PLASMA; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL PLASMON POLARITON; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HYBRID; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSITRON; PREDICTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM EMITTER; SIMULATION; SOLID STATE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84938825200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8883     Document Type: Article

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