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Nature Materials 3, 588 - 589 (2004)
doi:10.1038/nmat1210

Light-emitting devices: Turning the tables on surface plasmons

William L. Barnes1

  1. William L. Barnes is at the School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QL, UK. e-mail: W.L.Barnes@exeter.ac.uk

The coupling of energy to surface-plasmons in the metal contacts of a light-emitting diode is usually considered detrimental to optical efficiency. A new study suggests that the opposite could be true.

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