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Nature Physics 3, 839 - 840 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphys800

Subject Categories: Electronics, photonics and device physics | Nanotechnology | Optical physics

Plasmonics: Beaming light into the nanoworld

Peter B. Catrysse1

  1. Peter B. Catrysse is in the Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory and the Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
    e-mail: pcatryss@stanford.edu


An antenna for optical frequencies that operates by tuning into the interaction of surface-plasmon polaritons, supported by an array of nanometre-sized holes in a thin metal film, represents another step towards the manipulation of light at the nanoscale.

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