Layered plasmonic cloaks to tailor the optical scattering at the nanoscale

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Monticone, F ^a   Argyropoulos, C ^a   Alu A ^a  

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

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EID: 84870834387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00912     Document Type: Article

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