Optical microscopy of 3D carpet cloaks: Raytracing calculations

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 20535-20545

  Ergin, Tolga ^a   Halimeh, Jad C ^b,c   Stenger, Nicolas ^a   Wegener, Martin ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCANDESCENT LAMPS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

BRIGHTFIELD; DARK FIELD MICROSCOPY; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; RAY OPTICS; UNPOLARIZED LIGHT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77956989739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020535     Document Type: Article

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