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Schematic and SEM of Plasmon Laser Setup

Caption: The schematic on the left illustrates light being compressed and sustained in the 5 nanometer gap -- smaller than a protein molecule -- between a nanowire and underlying silver surface. To the right is an electron microscope image of the hybrid design shown in the schematic.

Credit: Courtesy of Xiang Zhang Lab, UC Berkeley

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