Perfect reflection of light by an oscillating dipole

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Zumofen, G ^a   Mojarad, N M ^a   Sandoghdar, V ^a   Agio, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFLECTION; REFLECTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; FULL SPECTRUMS; INCIDENT LIGHTS; OSCILLATING DIPOLES; PLANE WAVES; REFLECTION OF LIGHTS; SINGLE QUANTUM EMITTERS; STRONG COUPLINGS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 55749109203     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.180404     Document Type: Article

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