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Beaming light into the nanoworld

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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Figure 1: Preferential scattering of light by nanoscale antennas tuned to SPPs.

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