Parallel-chain optical transmission line for a low-loss ultraconfined light beam

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Alù, Andrea ^a,b   Belov, Pavel A ^c,d   Engheta, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 70350602443     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.113101     Document Type: Article

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