Theoretical plots showing perfect coupling of incident optical waves to magnetic dipole (top left) and quadrupole (bottom left) resonances of surface plasmons in a metallic nanocylinder. Spatial distributions of the wave magnetic field (left); expanded view of its electric field intensity distribution (right).

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Perfect coupling of light to surface plasmons by coherent absorption
Heeso Noh, Yidong Chong, A. Douglas Stone, and Hui Cao
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 186805 (2012)

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