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Photonics Research, Volume. 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、*

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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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Paper Information

Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics

Received: Oct. 5, 2020

Accepted: Dec. 17, 2020

Published Online: Feb. 2, 2021

The Author Email: Ho Wai Howard Lee (Howardhw.lee@uci.edu), Zhenrong Zhang (Zhenrong_Zhang@baylor.edu)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.411583

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