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Engineering optical nanoantennas

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Optical antennas are the short-wavelength equivalent of the common radiofrequency structures. Taking this analogy one step further, the design concepts of radiofrequency lumped circuit elements can effectively be transplanted to optical wavelengths.

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  1. Mark L. Brongersma is at the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA. brongersma@stanford.edu,

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