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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 12, 2136(2023)

Multimode vibrational strong coupling in direct laser written mid-IR plasmonic MIM nano-patch antennas

Nicholas V. Proscia^1、*, Michael A. Meeker¹, Nicholas Sharac^1,3, Frank K. Perkins², Chase T. Ellis², Paul D. Cunningham², and Joseph G. Tischler^2,4

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¹NRC Postdoc residing at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375, USA

²U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375, USA

³Current address: Rigetti Computing, Freemont, California 94538, USA

⁴Current address: Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA

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Paper Information

Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals

Received: Jul. 14, 2023

Accepted: Oct. 7, 2023

Published Online: Nov. 24, 2023

The Author Email: Nicholas V. Proscia (nicholas.proscia@nrl.navy.mil)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.500339

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