A waveguide conduit is constructed and adapted to capture the light
emitted by the at least one nano-resonant structure. The nano-resonant
structure emits light in response to excitation by a beam of charged
particles, The source of charged particles may be an ion gun, a
thermionic filament, a tungsten filament, a cathode, a field-emission
cathode, a planar vacuum triode, an electron-impact ionizer, a laser
ionizer, a chemical ionizer, a thermal ionizer, or an ion-impact ionizer.