Nanofocusing of electromagnetic radiation

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-22

  Gramotnev, Dmitri K ^a   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^b  

^a Nanophotonics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MEDIA; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; METAL-DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL RADIATIONS; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; SUPPORT SURFACES;

DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION;

EID: 84891341512     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.232     Document Type: Review

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