Nanophotonic control of circular dipole emission

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Le Feber, B ^a   Rotenberg, N ^a   Kuipers, L ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOMENTUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE; DISPERSION; ILLUMINATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; NANOPHOTON; OPTICS; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; RADIATION; SOLID STATE;

EID: 84926383845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7695     Document Type: Article

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