Deep-subwavelength imaging of the modal dispersion of light

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 781-787

  Sapienza, R ^a,b   Coenen, T ^c   Renger, J ^a   Kuttge, M ^a   Van Hulst, N F ^a,d   Polman, A ^c  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

CONTROLLED COUPLING; LOCAL DENSITY OF OPTICAL STATE (LDOS); OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL CAVITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON BEAM; SUBWAVELENGTH IMAGING; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84866389529     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3402     Document Type: Article

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