Subwavelength light focusing using random nanoparticles

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 454-458

  Park, Jung Hoon ^a   Park, Chunghyun ^a   Yu, Hyeonseung ^a   Park, Jimin ^b   Han, Seungyong ^a   Shin, Jonghwa ^a   Ko, Seung Hwan ^a   Nam, Ki Tae ^b   Cho, Yong Hoon ^a   Park, Yongkeun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY POSITIONS; OPTICAL NEAR FIELD; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; PLASMONIC METAMATERIALS; SCATTERING CONTROLS; SUBWAVELENGTH LIGHTS; SUBWAVELENGTH OPTICS; SUPER RESOLUTION;

METAMATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PLASMONS; TURBIDITY;

NANOPHOTONICS;

EID: 84878684111     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.95     Document Type: Article

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