Position-sensitive spectral splitting with a plasmonic nanowire on silicon chip

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hu, Qing ^a,b   Xu, Di Hu ^a   Zhou, Yu ^a   Peng, Ru Wen ^a   Fan, Ren Hao ^a   Fang, Nicholas X ^b   Wang, Qian Jin ^a   Huang, Xian Rong ^c   Wang, Mu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84889256877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03095     Document Type: Article

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