The enhancement of fluorescence and Raman scattering by plasmonic nanostructures is studied theoretically with special focus on the effects of the observed molecule's properties and the realistic geometry of the plasmonic nanostructure. Numerical experimen ...
We investigate the mediation of symmetry-forbidden atomic transitions using plasmonic nanostructures. We show that the excitation of the electric dipole-forbidden, quadrupole-allowed 6 2S1/2 − 5 2D5/2 transition in cesium may be enhanced by more than 6 ord ...
Interest in plasmonic nanostructures has recently multiplied due to their extraordinary optical properties. When resonantly excited, these tiny metallic systems exhibit a strong and localized optical field enhancement. Applications exploiting this effect e ...
We study the trapping of nanoscopic objects in the near-field of plasmonic nanostructures and demonstrate experimentally that 10nm particles can be trapped in the 15nm gap of a dipole antenna. Applications for biosensing are discussed. ...
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The electric field enhancement associated with detailed structure within novel optical antenna nanostructures is modeled using the surface integral equation technique in the context of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The antennae comprise random ...
A surface integral formulation for light scattering on periodic structures is presented. Electric and magnetic field equations are derived on the scatterers' surfaces in the unit cell with periodic boundary conditions. The solution is calculated with the m ...
The enhancement of excitation and reemission of molecules in dose proximity to plasmonic nanostuctures is studied with special focus on the comparison between idealized and realistically shaped nonostructures. Numerical experiments show that for certain ap ...
