Generalized nihility media from transformation optics

Journal of Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Yan, Wei ^a   Yan, Min ^a   Qiu, Min ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; Transformation optics

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS;

BI-LAYER; FIELD COMPONENTS; FREE SPACES; INCIDENT WAVES; P-TYPE; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS;

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

EID: 79551713079     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/2/024005     Document Type: Article

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