Radiationless electromagnetic interference: Evanescent-field lenses and perfect focusing

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5840, 2007, Pages 927-929

  Merlin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION;

EID: 34548139426     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1143884     Document Type: Article

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27. The author acknowledges discussions with A. Grbic. This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under contract FA 9550-06-01-0279 through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Program.