Experimental realization of three-dimensional indefinite cavities at the nanoscale with anomalous scaling laws

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 450-454

  Yang, Xiaodong ^a,b   Yao, Jie ^b   Rho, Junsuk ^b   Yin, Xiaobo ^a,b   Zhang, Xiang ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84863439204     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.124     Document Type: Article

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