Imaging by the Veselago lens based upon a two-dimensional photonic crystal with a triangular lattice

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 963-968

  Li, C Y ^a   Holt, J M ^a   Efros, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; FOCUSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LENSES; PHOTONS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; TRIANGULAR LATTICE; VESELAGO LENS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33745745314     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000963     Document Type: Article

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