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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