Title :
Plasmon-assisted energy transfer near metal nanoparticles
Author :
Shahbazyan, Tigran V. ; Pustovit, Vitaliy N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS, USA
Abstract :
A unified theory of plasmon-assisted resonance energy transfer (RET) between molecules near a metal nanostructure is developed. In a wide range of parameters, RET is dominated by plasmon-enhanced radiative transfer rather than by nonradiative transfer mechanism.
Keywords :
nanoparticles; plasmons; radiative transfer; metal nanoparticles; nanostructure; nonradiative transfer mechanism; plasmon-assisted resonance energy transfer; plasmon-enhanced radiative transfer; Energy exchange; Excitons; Metals; Nanobioscience; Nanoparticles; Physics; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
