Atomically Smooth Gold Crystals Utilized to Compress Light Waves - AZoOptics

A high-resolution scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope was used to study highly compressed mid-infrared optical waves in a thin dielectric crystal on a monocrystalline gold substrate for the first time.

For the first, a high-resolution scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope was used to study highly compressed mid-infrared optical waves in a thin dielectric crystal on a monocrystallin… [+5515 chars]

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