Title :
Surface-plasmon enhanced fluorescence in CdSe/ZnS semiconductor quantum dots
Author :
Wang, L. ; Ancukiewicz, D. ; Chen, J.Y. ; Jain, R.K.
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
We report surface-plasmon enhanced fluorescence in CdSe/ZnS semiconductor quantum dots via linear and nonlinear excitations. 2times and 10times fluorescence enhancements have been achieved for linear and nonlinear excitations, respectively.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; fluorescence; semiconductor quantum dots; surface plasmons; zinc compounds; CdSe-ZnS; linear excitations; nonlinear excitations; semiconductor quantum dots; surface-plasmon enhanced fluorescence; Biomedical optical imaging; Fluorescence; Gold; Nanobioscience; Nanoparticles; Nonlinear optics; Photonic band gap; Plasmons; Quantum dots; Zinc compounds; (170.6280) Spectroscopy, fluorescence and luminescence; (240.6680) Surface plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
