Small Dielectric Spheres with High Refractive Index as New Multifunctional Elements for Optical Devices

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tribelsky, Michael I ^a,b   Geffrin, Jean Michel ^c   Litman, Amelie ^c   Eyraud, Christelle ^c   Moreno, Fernando ^d  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MIREA RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

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EID: 84937887716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12288     Document Type: Article

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