Colloidal quantum dots as probes of excitation field enhancement in photonic antennas.

@article{Aouani2010ColloidalQD,
  title={Colloidal quantum dots as probes of excitation field enhancement in photonic antennas.},
  author={Heykel Aouani and Stella Itzhakov and David Gachet and {\'E}lo{\"i}se Devaux and Thomas W. Ebbesen and Herv{\'e} Rigneault and Dan Oron and J{\'e}r{\^o}me Wenger},
  journal={ACS nano},
  year={2010},
  volume={4 8},
  pages={
          4571-8
        }
}
Optical antennas are essential devices to interface light to nanoscale volumes and locally enhance the electromagnetic intensity. Various experimental methods can be used to quantify the antenna amplification on the emission process, yet characterizing the antenna amplification at the excitation frequency solely is a challenging task. Such experimental characterization is highly needed to fully understand and optimize the antenna response. Here, we describe a novel experimental tool to directly… 
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