Submicrometer aperture in a thin metal film as a probe of its microenvironment through enhanced light scattering and fluorescence

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1986, Pages 1239-1244

  Fischer, U Ch ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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EID: 84975609784     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.3.001239     Document Type: Article

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