Review Article

Fluorescence Enhancement Factors on Optical Antennas: Enlarging the Experimental Values without Changing the Antenna Design

Figure 1

Corrugated aperture antenna used here to illustrate the influence of experimental parameters on the measured fluorescence enhancement factor. (a) Experimental configuration to probe molecules randomly diffusing in aqueous solution. (b) Scanning electron microscope image of the antenna with five corrugations. Adapted with permission from [33]. Copyright 2011 American Chemical Society.
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