Kerr effect in ultra-compact hybrid plasmonic metal-insulator-metal nano-focusing structure

Kejian Zhu; Pengfei Sun; Pengfei Xu; Xingpeng Liu; Tangyou Sun; Haiou Li; Zhiping Zhou

doi:10.3788/COL202220.031903

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