Adaptive subwavelength control of nano-optical fields

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7133, 2007, Pages 301-304

  Aeschlimann, Martin ^a   Bauer, Michael ^b   Bayer, Daniela ^a   Brixner, Tobias ^c   García De Abajo, F Javier ^d   Pfeiffer, Walter ^e   Rohmer, Martin ^a   Spindler, Christian ^c   Steeb, Felix ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL METHOD; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LASER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 33947213977     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05595     Document Type: Article

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