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Optical antenna design for fluorescence enhancement in the ultraviolet
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
Abstract:
Through rational design, we compare the performance of three plasmonic antenna structures for UV fluorescence enhancement. Among the antenna performance metrics considered are the local increase in excitation intensity and the increase in quantum efficiency, the product of which represents the net fluorescence enhancement. With realistic structures in aluminum, we predict that greater than 100× net enhancement can be obtained.
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