Single-molecule spontaneous emission close to absorbing nanostructures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3863-3865

  Thomas, M ^a   Greffet, J J ^a   Carminati, R ^a   Arias Gonzalez, J R ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY RATES; PLASMON RESONANCE; RADIATIVE DECAY; REDSHIFT; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; QUENCHING; RADIATION EFFECTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 9744226406     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1812592     Document Type: Article

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