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Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems

Atoms metamaterial interaction

David Wilkowski

Published Jul 30, 2021• 0 citations
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Abstract

I will give an overview of our recent experiments of the coupling of an atomic emitter with surface plasmons of a metamaterial.
DOI
10.1117/12.2594159

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