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Invited Review Article

The Sommerfeld half-space problem revisited: from radio frequencies and Zenneck waves to visible light and Fano modes

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Pages 1-42 | Received 26 Aug 2015, Accepted 07 Sep 2015, Published online: 03 Dec 2015

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