Localizing surface plasmons with a metal-cladding superlens for projecting deep-subwavelength patterns

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 175-179

  Xu, T ^a   Fang, L ^a   Ma, J ^b   Zeng, B ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Cui, J ^a   Wang, C ^a   Feng, Q ^a   Luo, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING STRUCTURES; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCIDENT WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL LITHOGRAPHY; SUB-DIFFRACTION; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUPERLENSES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASMONS;

STRUCTURAL METALS;

EID: 70349269085     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-009-3615-8     Document Type: Article

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