Guiding terahertz waves along subwavelength channels
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A. I. Fernández-Domínguez,1,* Esteban Moreno,1 L. Martín-Moreno,2 and F. J. García-Vidal1,† 1Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain 2Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA) and Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, CSIC–Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain Received 6 November 2008; published 16 June 2009
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