3D optical Yagi-Uda nanoantenna array

We fabricated three-dimensional arrays of optical Yagi-Uda nano-antennas. Due to the high directivity of the array structure the incoming light is received efficiently at the resonant wavelength in the near-infrared (around λ = 1.3 µm).

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