Local detection of electromagnetic energy transport below the diffraction limit in metal nanoparticle plasmon waveguides

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Year: 2003
Type: article
Volume: 2
Issue: 4
Pages: 229-232
Citations: 2257
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                                    Stefan A. Maier, 
                                
                                    Pieter G. Kik, 
                                
                                    Harry A. Atwater
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            Local detection of electromagnetic energy transport below the diffraction limit in metal nanoparticle plasmon waveguides. 
                            Nature Materials
                            , 2
                            (4)
                            , 229-232.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat852
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nmat852