Controlling fano lineshapes in plasmon-mediated light coupling into a substrate

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 103, 2011, Pages A303-A311

  Spinelli, P ^a   Van Lare, C ^a   Verhagen, E ^a   Polman, A ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85010117136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A303     Document Type: Article

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