If photonic circuits are ever to compete with their electronic counterparts, strong confinement of light waves coupled with low propagation losses is needed. A new class of waveguides offers both.
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Garcia-Vidal, F. Light at the end of the channel. Nature 440, 431–433 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/440431a
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