Surface plasmon-polariton amplifiers and lasers

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-24

  Berini, Pierre ^a   De Leon, Israel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84355166211     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.285     Document Type: Review

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