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The benefits of darkness

The clever exploitation of dark modes in plasmonic nanostructures leads to devices with sharp resonances and low losses that promise applications in biochemical sensing and optical communications.

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Maier, S. The benefits of darkness. Nature Mater 8, 699–700 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2522

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