Conformal mappings to achieve simple material parameters for transformation optics devices

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Turpin, Jeremiah P ^a   Massoud, Ayah T ^a   Jiang, Zhi Hao ^a   Werner, Pingjuan L ^a   Werner, Douglas H ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMAL MAPPING; LENSES; METAMATERIALS;

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PLANAR BEAM; PLANE WAVE; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; SOURCE LOCATION; SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS; WAVE BEHAVIOR;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 73549112192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000244     Document Type: Article

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