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Photonics Research
Vol. 9, Issue 2, 252 (2021)

Interfacing photonic crystal fiber with a metallic nanoantenna for enhanced light nanofocusing | Spotlight on Optics

Khant Minn¹, Blake Birmingham¹, Brian Ko^1、2, Ho Wai Howard Lee^{1、2、3、4、5、*}, and Zhenrong Zhang^1、6、*

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Physics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798, USA

²The Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA

³Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA

⁴Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA

⁵e-mail: Howardhw.lee@uci.edu

⁶e-mail: Zhenrong_Zhang@baylor.edu

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