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Advanced Optical Materials Issue 3
Issue 3 of Advanced Optical Materials covers optical waveguides, plasmonics, nanolasers, and more. All articles are free to read.
Nanotetrapods Give Lasers a Boost
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A Breakthrough in Bio-imaging
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A novel metal deposition-based electrochromic device can realize three optical states in a single material—transparent, mirror and black.
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