Holey metal films make perfect endoscopes

J. Jung,1,2 F. J. García-Vidal,2,* L. Martín-Moreno,3 and J. B. Pendry4 1Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, Aalborg University, Skjernvej 4A, DK-9220 Aalborg Øst, Denmark 2Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain 3Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain 4Condensed Matter Theory Group, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom Received 23 December 2008; revised manuscript received 18 March 2009; published 23 April 2009

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