Integrated Luneburg lens via ultra-strong index gradient on silicon

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 20122-20127

  Gabrielli, Lucas H ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; METAMATERIALS; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONICS;

GRADIENT INDEXES; GRADIENT-INDEX DEVICES; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; LOW LOSS; LUNEBURG LENS; NANOPHOTONIC WAVEGUIDES; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 80053958824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.020122     Document Type: Article

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