Design of highly efficient metallo-dielectric patch antennas for single-photon emission

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2337-2347

  Bigourdan, F ^a   Marquier, F ^a   Hugonin, J P ^a   Greffet, J J ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 84893938056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.002337     Document Type: Article

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