Simultaneous observation of the quantization and the interference pattern of a plasmonic near-field

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Piazza, L ^a   Lummen, T T A ^a   Quinonez E ^b   Murooka, Y ^a   Reed, B W ^c   Barwick, B ^b   Carbone, F ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; NANOWIRE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENERGY FLUX; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER; OPTICS; POLARIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84923876701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7407     Document Type: Article

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