Manipulating bloch surface waves in 2D: A platform concept-based flat lens

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yu, Libo ^a   Barakat, Elsie ^a   Sfez, Tristan ^a   Hvozdara, Lubos ^a   Di Francesco, Joab ^a   Herzig, Hans Peter ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2D optics; Bloch surface wave; Manipulation; Micro and nano optics; Nanophotonics; Platform

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; MULTILAYERS; NANOPHOTONICS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIELECTRIC MULTILAYERS; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; MANIPULATION; NANO OPTICS; NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENT; PLATFORM; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

SURFACE WAVES;

EID: 84891814019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2014.5     Document Type: Article

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