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Nature Photonics 2, 210 - 211 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.41

Optical antennas: Tuning in to optical wavelengths

Gordon Kino1

  1. Gordon Kino is at the E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4088, USA.
    e-mail: kino@stanford.edu


Optical antennas are able to concentrate light on a scale much smaller then the wavelength. By using the probe of an atomic force microscope, it is possible to manipulate a so-called bow-tie antenna, thereby tuning its optical response.

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