Negative index of refraction, perfect lenses and transformation optics - Some words of caution

Symposium Digest - 20th URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, EMTS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 760-763

  Bergamin, Luzi ^a   Favaro, Alberto ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFEOMORPHISMS; EVANESCENT MODE; IMAGE POINTS; NEAR FIELDS; NEGATIVE INDEX; NEGATIVE INDEX OF REFRACTION; PERFECT LENS; PERFECT LENSING; SPACETIME; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LENSES; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 78650318468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/URSI-EMTS.2010.5637241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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