Strong coupling in the sub-wavelength limit using metamaterial nanocavities

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Benz, A ^a   Campione, S ^b   Liu, S ^a   Montano I ^a   Klem, J F ^a   Allerman, A ^a   Wendt, J R ^a   Sinclair, M B ^a   Capolino, F ^b   Brener, I ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIAL NANOCAVITY; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENERGY FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84889588876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3882     Document Type: Article

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