Broadband wide angle lens implemented with dielectric metamaterials

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 7982-7991

  Hunt, John ^a   Kundtz, Nathan ^a   Landy, Nathan ^a   Nguyen, Vinh ^a   Perram, Tim ^b   Starr, Anthony ^b   Smith, David R ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b SensorMetrix   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient index; Luneburg lens; Metamaterials; Transformation optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052154601     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110807982     Document Type: Article

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