Plasmonic nanopatch array for optical integrated circuit applications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Qu, Shi Wei ^a   Nie, Zai Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84889563441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03172     Document Type: Article

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