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Free-electron pumped tunable nanoscale light-source: the 'light-well'

Giorgio Adamo1, Yuan Hsing Fu2, Kevin F.MacDonald1, Chih-Ming Wang2, Din Ping Tsai2, F.Javier García de Abajo3 and Nikolay I.Zheludev1

1. Optoelectronic s Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK
2. Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, Republic of China
3. Instituto de Optica, CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain

Abstract

We report on the first experimental demonstration of a new type of electron-beamdriven radiation source, a 'light-well', which can be used as a tunable nanoscale emitter of optical radiation and surface plasmon-polaritons (SPPs).


Surface Plasmon Photonics SPP-4 Amsterdam 21-26 Jun (2009)

 

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