A new mechanism for negative refraction and focusing using selective diffraction from surface corrugation

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9166-9175

  Lu, W T ^a   Huang, Y J ^a   Vodo, P ^a   Banyal, R K ^a   Perry, C H ^a   Sridhar, S ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LENSES; LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROWAVE DEVICES;

NON-METALLIC INTERFACES; SELECTIVE DIFFRACTION; SURFACE CORRUGATION; SURFACE PERIODICITY;

SURFACE PHENOMENA;

EID: 34547459400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009166     Document Type: Article

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