Boosting a sub-10 nm nanogap array by plasmon-triggered waveguide resonance

Yu Tian; Hailong Wang; Yijia Geng; Lili Cong; Yu Liu; Weiqing Xu; Shuping Xu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.404092

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