FDTD analysis of the optical black hole

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2020-2025

  Argyropoulos, Christos ^a   Kallos, Efthymios ^a   Hao, Yang ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; METAMATERIALS; STARS;

BLACK HOLES; BROADBAND OPERATION; FDTD ANALYSIS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; FREE SPACE; METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS; WAVE INCIDENCE;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 77957863114     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002020     Document Type: Article

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