Light in tiny holes

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7123, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Genet, C ^a   Ebbesen, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; FILM; LIGHT; METAL; TRANSMITTANCE; WAVELENGTH;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRONICS; FILM; FILTRATION; GEOMETRY; LIGHT; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 33846151395     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05350     Document Type: Review

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